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Bi‐annual variation of atmospheric ozone over the tropics
Author(s) -
Ramanathan K. R.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708938209
Subject(s) - ozone , tropics , latitude , stratosphere , equator , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , subtropics , climatology , middle latitudes , variation (astronomy) , low latitude , meteorology , geography , geology , biology , physics , geodesy , fishery , astrophysics
Abstract It is shown that there is a bi‐annual variation of atmospheric ozone over equatorial, subtropical and lower middle latitude stations, a year of high ozone being followed by one of low ozone. A high ozone year in the sub‐tropics and lower middle latitudes corresponds to a year of low ozone near the equator. A possible connexion of this with the bi‐annual variation of zonal winds in the stratosphere of low latitudes is indicated.