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On the relationship between the thermal structure of the stratosphere and the seasonal distribution of ozone
Author(s) -
Tung Ka Kit
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/gl013i012p01308
Subject(s) - stratosphere , atmospheric sciences , ozone , climatology , environmental science , ozone depletion , the arctic , thermal , arctic , geology , physics , meteorology , oceanography
An attempt is made to put the phenomenon of Antarctic ozone hole in a global perspective by pointing out that there is a much larger and more persistent "hole" over the tropics. The thermal structure of the Antarctic lower stratosphere in winter is more similar to the tropical lower stratosphere than the Arctic lower stratosphere in winter. The dynamical transport that is responsible for creating the two column ozone minima has similar relationship to the thermal structure in the lower stratosphere in the two regions.