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Distribution of ozone laminae during EASOE and the possible influence of inertia‐gravity waves
Author(s) -
Reid S. J.,
Vaughan G.,
Mitchell N. J.,
Prichard I. T.,
Smit H. J.,
Jorgensen T. S.,
Varotsos C.,
de Backer H.
Publication year - 1994
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 - 10.1029/93gl01676
Subject(s) - stratosphere , potential vorticity , amplitude , ozone , atmospheric sciences , inertia , vortex , gravity wave , geophysics , vorticity , geology , gravitational wave , physics , mechanics , classical mechanics , meteorology , astrophysics , optics
The distribution of laminae in ozone has been determined from the EASOE ozonesonde archive as a function of potential temperature and potential vorticity. Results confirm previous studies that laminae are absent above ∼450K within the vortex, and are most abundant near its edge. Observations of inertia‐gravity waves in the lower stratosphere appear to suggest that such waves are not of sufficiently large amplitude to cause the kinds of laminae that are observed.