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Unusual stratospheric ozone anomalies observed in 22 years of measurements from Lauder, New Zealand |
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G. E. Nedoluha, I. S. Boyd, A. Parrish, R. M. Gomez, D. R. Allen, L. Froidevaux, B. J. Connor, R. R. Querel |
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Artikel
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Englisch
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1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 15, no. 12 ; Nr. 15, no. 12 (2015-06-19), S.6817-6826 |
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250119843
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Publikation (Nr.) |
copernicus.org/acp-15-6817-2015.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
The Microwave Ozone Profiling Instrument (MOPI1) has provided ozone
(O3) profiles for the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric
Composition Change (NDACC) at Lauder, New Zealand (45.0° S,
169.7° E), since 1992. We present the entire 22-year data set
and compare with satellite O3 observations. We study in detail two
particularly interesting variations in O3. The first is a large
positive O3 anomaly that occurs in the mid-stratosphere
(~ 10–30 hPa) in June 2001, which is caused by an anticyclonic
circulation that persists for several weeks over Lauder. This O3
anomaly is associated with the most equatorward June average tracer
equivalent latitude (TrEL) over the 36-year period (1979–2014) for which the
Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA)
reanalysis is available. A second, longer-lived feature, is a positive
O3 anomaly in the mid-stratosphere (~ 10 hPa) from
mid-2009 until mid-2013. Coincident measurements from the Aura Microwave
Limb Sounder (MLS) show that these high O3 mixing ratios are well
correlated with high nitrous oxide (N2O) mixing ratios. This
correlation suggests that the high O3 over this 4-year period is driven
by unusual dynamics. The beginning of the high O3 and high N2O
period at Lauder (and throughout this latitude band) occurs nearly
simultaneously with a sharp decrease in O3 and N2O at the equator,
and the period ends nearly simultaneously with a sharp increase in O3
and N2O at the equator. |
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