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Dobson unit

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -uːnɪt

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noun

Meaning 1

A unit of measurement of the amount of a trace gas (typically ozone) in a vertical column through the Earth's atmosphere).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Named after Gordon Dobson, a researcher at the University of Oxford who in the 1920s built the first instrument to measure total ozone from the ground.