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Empirical linkages between Arctic sea ice extents and Northern Hemisphere mid‐latitude column ozone levels
Author(s) -
Marko John R.,
Fissel David B.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/92gl03005
Subject(s) - northern hemisphere , stratosphere , latitude , arctic , sea ice , climatology , ozone , southern hemisphere , middle latitudes , environmental science , arctic ice pack , atmospheric sciences , oceanography , ozone depletion , the arctic , geology , meteorology , geography , geodesy
Statistically significant correlations are demonstrated between annual mean column ozone data collected at mid‐latitude sites [Kerr, 1991] and mean annual and winter sea ice extents east of Greenland and in the Barents and Kara Seas. These results are discussed with reference to the locations of the correlated parameters relative to the “Basic Pattern” of stratosphere‐solar flux correlations [Labitzke and van Loon, 1992]. Possibilities for underlying linkage mechanisms are considered and related to recent decreasing hemispheric ozone level trends.