Computational Physics will provide monthly reports to NASA, beginning in August, of data gathered by the Polar Ozone and Aerosol Monitor III (POAM III), an instrument launched aboard the French satellite Spot 4. The data will be made available to universities, NASA centers, and other research groups.

POAM III conducts several dozen measurements of the ozone layer each day. The data are expected to be useful in determining whether the ozone layer's thinning has been curtailed by restrictions on ozone-destroying chemicals.