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Satellite Observations of the Antarctic Ozone Depletion

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The morphology of satellite total ozone and temperature observations in the polar and subpolar Antarctic regions are reviewed. An analysis of the total ozone and 70 mb temperature data in the depletion region for for October and September shows similar secular trends. These trends result from changes which primarily occur in late September in both the minimum total ozone and temperature. The strong correlation between ozone and temperature suggests an important dynamical component to this phenomenon. A simple computation shows that a vertical velocity field of 0.06 cm/sec can account for both the secular ozone and temperature trends in the minimum region.

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  1. Code 616 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center , Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA

    Mark R. Schoeberl

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  1. Department of Physics, University of L’Aquila, Italy

    Guido Visconti

  2. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA

    Rolando Garcia

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Schoeberl, M.R. (1987). Satellite Observations of the Antarctic Ozone Depletion. In: Visconti, G., Garcia, R. (eds) Transport Processes in the Middle Atmosphere. NATO ASI Series, vol 213. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3973-8_11

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