authority: gcos
slug: ozone
name: Ozone
domain: atmosphere
subdomain: composition
authority_id: gcos:ozone
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: mole-fraction
    entity: ozone
canonical_units: "1"
gcos_requirement_tier:
  threshold: null
  breakthrough: null
  goal: null
description: |
  Stratospheric and tropospheric ozone abundance and vertical profile from
  Dobson/Brewer networks, ozonesondes and UV/IR satellite sounders.
  Critical for UV shielding and as a tropospheric pollutant and GHG.
theme: atmosphere
demos: []
status: documented
sources:
  - https://gcos.wmo.int/site/global-climate-observing-system-gcos/essential-climate-variables/ozone