Recommendation of a consensus value of the ozone absorption cross-section at 253.65 nm based on a literature review

Abstract

A detailed review and analysis of literature values for the absorption cross-section of ozone at room temperature at the mercury-line wavelength (253.65 nm, air) is reported. Data from fourteen independent sets of measurements spanning the years 1959-2016 were considered. The present analysis is based upon a revised assessment of all Type A and Type B uncertainty components for each previously reported cross-section. A consensus value for the absorption cross-section of 1.1329(35) × 10-17 cm2 molecule-1 is recommended based on statistical analysis of the weighted data. This new cross-section value is 1.23% lower and its uncertainty sixfold smaller than the uncertainty of the conventionally accepted reference value reported by Hearn (1961 Proc. Phys. Soc. 78 932-40).