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The global distribution on total ozone - Toms satellite measurementsThe general behavior of total ozone by season and latitude was known before 1930 through the pioneering observations by Dobson. The ozone record at Oxford and other European stations was dominated by an annual cycle and by irregular short term fluctuations. The amplitude and phase of the annual cycle were determined at representative latitudes in both hemispheres. However, the short term variations appeared to be meteorological origin, although the specific cause could not be identified. Data from the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) on the Nimbus 7 spacecraft, with global coverage at an average spatial resolution of 66 km, can now be used to completely map the total ozone field. These maps demonstrate that troughs and ridges in the upper troposphere are responsible for the large, short term ozone variations found at middle latitudes, while in the tropics, the steady, low ozone levels show broad scale structure associated with the Hadley circulation.
Document ID
19900035025
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Krueger, Arlin J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Planetary and Space Science
Volume: 37
ISSN: 0032-0633
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
90A22080
Distribution Limits
Public
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