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The vertical ozone distribution in the Antarctic ozone minimum measured by SBUV
Author(s) -
McPeters R. D.,
Hudson R. D.,
Bhartia P. K.,
Taylor S. L.
Publication year - 1986
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/gl013i012p01213
Subject(s) - ozone , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , atmosphere (unit) , meteorology , geology , physics
The ozone profiles measured by SBUV in the region of the antarctic ozone minimum are in error as archived for altitudes below the 7 mb level in the atmosphere because of the lack of a reasonable climatology to use for the initial guess profile. We have examined the ozone profile error in this region and have shown that use of a reasonable climatology in this unusual region results in ozone profiles that agree substantially better with the balloon observations available from the Syowa station. The corrected profiles show that by 1984 there was 35% less ozone in the 15 to 30 km region than in 1979, and 14% less even in the 40 to 50 km region.