Computer Science
Scientific paper
Oct 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005jats...62.3724h&link_type=abstract
Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 62, Issue 10, pp.3724-3740
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
At northern midlatitudes over the 1979 2002 time period, column ozone trends are observed to have maximum negative amplitudes in February and March. Here, the portion of the observed ozone interannual variability and trends during these months that can be attributed to two specific dynamical transport processes is estimated using correlative and regression methods. In approximate agreement with a recent independent study, 18% 25% of the observed maximum negative trend is estimated to be due to long-term changes in the diabatic (Brewer Dobson) circulation driven by global-scale changes in planetary wave [Eliassen Palm (EP) flux] forcing. In addition, 27% 31% of the observed maximum midlatitude trend during these months is estimated to be due to long-term changes in local nonlinear synoptic wave forcing as deduced from correlated interannual variations of zonal mean ozone and Ertel’s potential vorticity. Like long-term decreases in the Brewer Dobson circulation, this trend component reflects an overall net increase in the polar vortex strength, which is associated with increased numbers of anticyclonic, poleward-breaking Rossby waves at northern midlatitudes. Together, these components can explain approximately 50% of the observed maximum negative column ozone trend and interannual variance at northern midlatitudes in February and March. The combined empirical model also approximately simulates a leveling off or slight increase in column ozone anomalies that has been observed for some months and latitudes since the mid-1990s.
Hood Lon L.
Soukharev B. E.
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