Title: Direct sun measurements of O3, SO2 and aerosol optical depth from Brewer #171 at Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland (2001-2010) and Fairbanks, Alaska (2011-2013) Authors: Alexander Cede (1,2) Gordon Labow (3,2) William Simpson (4) Erin Gleason (4) Richard McPeters (2) Jay Herman (5,2) 1 LuftBlick, Tirol, Austria 2 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, USA 3 Science Systems & Applications, Inc., Maryland, USA 4 University of Alaska, Alaska, USA 5 University of Maryland Baltimore County, Maryland, USA Abstract: We analyze vertical columns amounts of O3 and SO2 and aerosol optical depth at 320nm from direct sun measurements with the MKIII Brewer double spectrometer #171 for two time series: 10 years at Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland (2001-2010) and 3 years at Fairbanks, Alaska (2011-2013). Results are compared to other ground-based and satellite data.