SAGE studies of the waves and eddy fluxes of ozone and temperature near 55 deg during the late February 1979 stratospheric warming

Ozone data from the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment have been used in conjunction with meteorological information to study the waves and eddy fluxes of ozone and temperature near 55 deg N during the late February 1979 stratospheric warming. The results indicate an intense poleward eddy ozone transport in the altitude range between approximately 24 and 38 km, and an equatorward transport above an altitude of about 38 km. It is found that this equatorward eddy ozone transport in the upper stratosphere was accompanied by a poleward eddy heat transport, as expected on the basis of the ozone photochemistry. The results also indicate that the phase relationship between ozone and temperature waves agrees qualitatively with existing model analyses.