Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997georl..24.2647m&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 24, Issue 21, p. 2647-2650
Physics
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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Middle Atmosphere-Constituent Transport And Chemistry, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Middle Atmosphere-Composition And Chemistry
Scientific paper
Ozone ``mini-holes'' represent regions of low total ozone (>300 D U) that persist for several days over extratropical latitudes in winter. These events are usually associated with breaking Rossby waves in the upper troposphere that allow poleward injections of ozone-poor, low potential vorticity (PV) tropospheric air into the lower stratosphere. Using daily TOMS total ozone data together with daily PV maps derived from reanalyzed NCEP data, the interannual variability of ozone mini-hole events in the northern hemisphere is investigated for one winter month (February) during the 1979-1993 period. For this purpose, the total area of anomalously low total ozone and PV between 40°N and 50°N and between 90°W and 90°E is computed for February of each year. The low-ozone and low-PV areas both peak during February of 1988, 1989 and 1990, coincident with the lowest monthly zonal mean total ozone values observed at northern midlatitudes prior to the Pinatubo eruption.
Hood Lon L.
McCormack John P.
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