FLUCTUATION IN OZONE COLUMN OVER AHMEDABAD DURING THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 24 OCTOBER 1995

A solar eclipse occurred over Ahmedabad,India (23 degrees N, 72 degree s E) on 24 October 1995. Wt: measured the vertical column abundance of ozone during this event using a Dobson spectrophotometer. We found th at a sharp fall in the ozone column began from its normal value simila r to 15 minutes before the maximum obscuration (MO) of the sun, follow ed by a sharp rise similar to 10 minutes after the MO. About 15 minute s after the MO, ozone column returned to normal values, but a wavelike fluctuation was still seen.