scholarly journals Antarctic Ozone Transport and Depletion in Austral Spring 2002

2005 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 838-847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Siegmund ◽  
Henk Eskes ◽  
Peter van Velthoven
Keyword(s):  
Mass Flux ◽  
Ozone Depletion ◽  
Antarctic Region ◽  
Austral Spring ◽  
Ozone Loss ◽  
Ozone Flux ◽  
Depletion Rate ◽  
Eddy Transport ◽  
Ozone Transport ◽  
The Antarctic

Abstract The ozone budget in the Antarctic region during the stratospheric warming in 2002 is studied, using ozone analyses from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) ozone-transport and assimilation model called TM3DAM. The results show a strong poleward ozone mass flux during this event south of 45°S between about 20 and 40 hPa, which is about 5 times as large as the ozone flux in 2001 and 2000, and is dominated by eddy transport. Above 10 hPa, there exists a partially compensating equatorward ozone flux, which is dominated by the mean meridional circulation. During this event, not only the ozone column but also the ozone depletion rate in the Antarctic region, computed as a residual from the total ozone tendency and the ozone mass flux into this region, is large. The September–October integrated ozone depletion in 2002 is similar to that in 2000 and larger than that in 2001. Simulations for September 2002 with and without ozone assimilation and parameterized ozone chemistry indicate that the parameterized ozone chemistry alone is able to produce the evolution of the ozone layer in the Antarctic region in agreement with observations. A comparison of the ozone loss directly computed from the model’s chemistry parameterization with the residual ozone loss in a simulation with parameterized chemistry but without ozone assimilation shows that the numerical error in the residual ozone loss is small.

scholarly journals Estimation of Antarctic ozone loss from ground-based total column measurements

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (14) ◽  
pp. 6569-6581 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kuttippurath ◽  
F. Goutail ◽  
J.-P. Pommereau ◽  
F. Lefèvre ◽  
H. K. Roscoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ozone Depletion ◽  
Sensitivity Study ◽  
Satellite Measurements ◽  
Macquarie Island ◽  
Ozone Loss ◽  
Antarctic Ozone ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Ozone Column ◽  
Total Column ◽  
Good Agreement

Abstract. The passive tracer method is used to estimate ozone loss from ground-based measurements in the Antarctic. A sensitivity study shows that the ozone depletion can be estimated within an accuracy of ~4%. The method is then applied to the ground-based observations from Arrival Heights, Belgrano, Concordia, Dumont d'Urville, Faraday, Halley, Marambio, Neumayer, Rothera, South Pole, Syowa, and Zhongshan for the diagnosis of ozone loss in the Antarctic. On average, the ten-day boxcar average of the vortex mean ozone column loss deduced from the ground-based stations was about 55±5% in 2005–2009. The ozone loss computed from the ground-based measurements is in very good agreement with those derived from satellite measurements (OMI and SCIAMACHY) and model simulations (REPROBUS and SLIMCAT), where the differences are within ±3–5%. The historical ground-based total ozone observations in October show that the depletion started in the late 1970s, reached a maximum in the early 1990s and stabilised afterwards due to saturation. There is no indication of ozone recovery yet. At southern mid-latitudes, a reduction of 20–50% is observed for a few days in October–November at the newly installed Rio Gallegos station. Similar depletion of ozone is also observed episodically during the vortex overpasses at Kerguelen in October–November and at Macquarie Island in July–August of the recent winters. This illustrates the significance of measurements at the edges of Antarctica.

scholarly journals Polar tropospheric ozone depletion events observed in the International Geophysical Year of 1958

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 3303-3314 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. K. Roscoe ◽  
J. Roscoe
Keyword(s):  
Ozone Depletion ◽  
Surface Ozone ◽  
General Increase ◽  
Ozone Loss ◽  
International Geophysical Year ◽  
Obvious Reason ◽  
Frost Flowers ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
International Geophysical

Abstract. The Royal Society expedition to Antarctica established a base at Halley Bay, in support of the International Geophysical Year of 1957–1958. Surface ozone was measured during 1958 only, using a prototype Brewer-Mast sonde. The envelope of maximum ozone was an annual cycle from 10 ppbv in January to 22 ppbv in August. These values are 35% less at the start of the year and 15% less at the end than modern values from Neumayer, also a coastal site. This may reflect a general increase in surface ozone since 1958 and differences in summer at the less windy site of Halley, or it may reflect ozone loss on the inlet together with long-term conditioning. There were short periods in September when ozone values decreased rapidly to near-zero, and some in August when ozone values were rapidly halved. Such ozone-loss episodes, catalysed by bromine compounds, became well-known in the Artic in the 1980s, and were observed more recently in the Antarctic. In 1958, very small ozone values were recorded for a week in midwinter during clear weather with light winds. The absence of similar midwinter reductions at Neumayer, or at Halley in the few measurements during 1987, means we must remain suspicious of these small values, but we can find no obvious reason to discount them. The dark reaction of ozone and seawater ice observed in the laboratory may be fast enough to explain them if the salinity and surface area of the ice is sufficiently amplified by frost flowers.

scholarly journals Antarctic ozone depletion measured by balloonsondes at Maitri - 1992

MAUSAM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-446
Author(s):  
S.K. PESIHN ◽  
P. RAJESH RAO ◽  
S.K. SRIVASTAV
Keyword(s):  
Ozone Depletion ◽  
Vertical Structure ◽  
Ozone Layer ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Austral Spring ◽  
Antarctic Ozone ◽  
The Antarctic

ABSTRACT. Profiles from a series of balloon borne ozonesonde ascents are used to chart the development of the Antarctic depletion over Maitri in the austral spring of 1992. The vertical structure of the ozone layer is discussed, including the presence of stratification, which occurs at all stages of development. The main feature of 1992 ozonesonde flights is depletion of 97% in the months of September and October between 15-23 km, which is unique.    

scholarly journals Extreme ozone depletion in the 2010–2011 Arctic winter stratosphere as observed by MIPAS/ENVISAT using a 2-D tomographic approach

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 9149-9165 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Arnone ◽  
E. Castelli ◽  
E. Papandrea ◽  
M. Carlotti ◽  
B. M. Dinelli
Keyword(s):  
Ozone Depletion ◽  
Potential Temperature ◽  
Michelson Interferometer ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Late Winter ◽  
Infrared Measurements ◽  
Depletion Rate ◽  
Horizontal Inhomogeneity ◽  
Stratospheric Clouds ◽  
The Antarctic

Abstract. We present observations of the 2010–2011 Arctic winter stratosphere from the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) onboard ENVISAT. Limb sounding infrared measurements were taken by MIPAS during the Northern polar winter and into the subsequent spring, giving a continuous vertically resolved view of the Arctic dynamics, chemistry and polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs). We adopted a 2-D tomographic retrieval approach to account for the strong horizontal inhomogeneity of the atmosphere present under vortex conditions, self-consistently comparing 2011 to the 2-D analysis of 2003–2010. Unlike most Arctic winters, 2011 was characterized by a strong stratospheric vortex lasting until early April. Lower stratospheric temperatures persistently remained below the threshold for PSC formation, extending the PSC season up to mid-March, resulting in significant chlorine activation leading to ozone destruction. On 3 January 2011, PSCs were detected up to 30.5 ± 0.9 km altitude, representing the highest PSCs ever reported in the Arctic. Through inspection of MIPAS spectra, 83% of PSCs were identified as supercooled ternary solution (STS) or STS mixed with nitric acid trihydrate (NAT), 17% formed mostly by NAT particles, and only two cases by ice. In the lower stratosphere at potential temperature 450 K, vortex average ozone showed a daily depletion rate reaching 100 ppbv day−1. In early April at 18 km altitude, 10% of vortex measurements displayed total depletion of ozone, and vortex average values dropped to 0.6 ppmv. This corresponds to a chemical loss from early winter greater than 80%. Ozone loss was accompanied by activation of ClO, associated depletion of its reservoir ClONO2, and significant denitrification, which further delayed the recovery of ozone in spring. Once the PSC season halted, ClO was reconverted primarily into ClONO2. Compared to MIPAS observed 2003–2010 Arctic average values, the 2010–2011 vortex in late winter had 15 K lower temperatures, 40% lower HNO3 and 50% lower ozone, reaching the largest ozone depletion ever observed in the Arctic. The overall picture of this Arctic winter was remarkably closer to conditions typically found in the Antarctic vortex than ever observed before.

Polar ozone depletion: Current status

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 1110-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. S. Henderson ◽  
J. C. McConnell ◽  
S. R. Beagley ◽  
W. F. J. Evans
Keyword(s):  
High Latitude ◽  
Ozone Depletion ◽  
Stratospheric Ozone ◽  
Montreal Protocol ◽  
Chemical Mechanism ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Austral Spring ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Polar Ozone

Rapid springtime depletion of column ozone (O3) is observed over the Antarctic during the austral spring. A much weaker springtime depletion is observed in the Arctic region. This depletion results from a complex chemical mechanism that involves the catalytic destruction of stratospheric ozone by chlorine. The chemical mechanism appears to operate between ~12–25 km in the colder regions of the polar winter vortices. During the polar night heterogeneous chemical reactions occur on the surface of polar stratospheric clouds that convert relatively inert reservoir Cl species such as HCl to active Cl species. These clouds form when temperatures drop below about 197 K and are ubiquitous throughout the polar winter region. At polar sunrise the reactive Cl species are photolysed, liberating large quantities of free Cl that subsequently catalytically destroys O3 with a mechanism involving the formation of the Cl2O2 dimer. The magnitude of the spring depletion is much greater in the Antarctic relative to the Arctic owing to the greater stability and longer duration of the southern polar vortex. Breakup of the intense high-latitude vortices in late (Antarctic) or early (Arctic) spring results in infilling of the ozone holes but adversely affects midlatitude ozone levels by diluting them with O3-depleted, ClO-rich high-latitude air. The magnitude of the Antarctic ozone depletion has been increasing since 1979 and its current depletion in October 1990 amounts to 60%. The increase in the size of the depletion is anticorrelated with increasing anthropogenic chlorofluorocarbon (CFCs) release. Adherence to the revised Montréal Protocol should result in a reduction of stratospheric halogen levels with subsequent amelioration of polar ozone depletion but the time constant for the atmosphere to return to pre-CFC levels is ~60–100 years.

scholarly journals First quasi-Lagrangian in-situ measurements of Antarctic Polar springtime ozone: observed ozone loss rates from the Concordiasi long-duration balloon campaign

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 22245-22272
Author(s):  
R. Schofield ◽  
L. M. Avallone ◽  
L. E. Kalnajs ◽  
A. Hertzog ◽  
I. Wohltmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antarctic Peninsula ◽  
Austral Spring ◽  
Ozone Loss ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Rate Maximum ◽  
Stratospheric Balloon ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Loss Rates

Abstract. We present ozone measurements made using state-of-the-art ultraviolet photometers onboard three long-duration stratospheric balloons launched as part of the Concordiasi campaign in austral spring 2010. Ozone loss rates calculated by matching air-parcels sampled at different times and places during the polar spring are in agreement with rates previously derived from ozonesonde measurements, for the vortex-average, ranging between 2–7 ppbv (sunlit h)−1 or 25–110 ppbv per day. However, the geographical coverage of these long-duration stratospheric balloon platforms provides new insights into the temporal and spatial patterns of ozone loss over Antarctica. Very large ozone loss rates of up to 200 ppbv day−1 (16 ppbv (sunlit h)−1) are observed for airmasses that are down-wind of the Antarctic Peninsula and/or over the East Antarctic region. The ozone loss rate maximum downstream of the Antarctic Peninsula region is consistent with high PSC occurrence from Calipso and large ClO abundances from MLS satellite observations for 12–22 September 2010.

Volcanic aerosol and ozone depletion within the Antarctic polar vortex during the austral spring of 1991

1992 ◽  
Vol 19 (18) ◽  
pp. 1819-1822 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Deshler ◽  
A. Adriani ◽  
G. P. Gobbi ◽  
D. J. Hofmann ◽  
G. Di Donfrancesco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ozone Depletion ◽  
Polar Vortex ◽  
Volcanic Aerosol ◽  
Austral Spring ◽  
Antarctic Polar Vortex ◽  
The Antarctic

scholarly journals First quasi-Lagrangian in situ measurements of Antarctic Polar springtime ozone: observed ozone loss rates from the Concordiasi long-duration balloon campaign

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 2463-2472 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Schofield ◽  
L. M. Avallone ◽  
L. E. Kalnajs ◽  
A. Hertzog ◽  
I. Wohltmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antarctic Peninsula ◽  
Model Simulation ◽  
Austral Spring ◽  
Air Masses ◽  
Ozone Loss ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Rate Maximum ◽  
Stratospheric Balloon ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Loss Rates

Abstract. We present ozone measurements made using state-of-the-art ultraviolet photometers onboard three long-duration stratospheric balloons launched as part of the Concordiasi campaign in austral spring 2010. Ozone loss rates calculated by matching air parcels sampled at different times and places during the polar spring are in agreement with rates previously derived from ozonesonde measurements, for the vortex average, ranging between 2 and 7 ppbv per sunlit hour or between 25 and 110 ppbv per day. However, the geographical coverage of these long-duration stratospheric balloon platforms provides new insights into the temporal and spatial patterns of ozone loss over Antarctica. Very large ozone loss rates of up to 230 ppbv per day (16 ppbv per sunlit hour) are observed for air masses that are downwind of the Antarctic Peninsula and/or over the East Antarctic region. The ozone loss rate maximum downstream of the Antarctic Peninsula region is consistent with high PSC occurrence from CALIPSO and large ClO abundances from MLS satellite observations for 12–22 September 2010, and with a chemical box model simulation using JPL 2011 kinetics with full chlorine activation.

scholarly journals Polar tropospheric ozone depletion events observed in IGY

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 3627-3656 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. K. Roscoe ◽  
J. Roscoe
Keyword(s):  
Ozone Depletion ◽  
Surface Ozone ◽  
General Increase ◽  
Ozone Loss ◽  
International Geophysical Year ◽  
Obvious Reason ◽  
Frost Flowers ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
International Geophysical

Abstract. The Royal Society expedition to Antarctica established a base at Halley Bay, in support of the International Geophysical Year of 1957–1958. Surface ozone was measured during 1958 only, using a prototype Brewer-Mast sonde. The envelope of maximum ozone was an annual cycle from 10 ppbv in January to 22 ppbv in August. These values are 35% less at the start of the year and 15% less at the end than modern values from Neumayer, also a coastal site. This may reflect a general increase in surface ozone since 1958 and differences in summer at the less windy site of Halley, or it may reflect ozone loss on the inlet together with long-term conditioning. There were short periods in September when ozone values decreased rapidly to near-zero, and some in August when ozone values were rapidly halved. Such ozone-loss episodes, catalysed by bromine compounds, became well-known in the Artic in the 1980s, and were observed more recently in the Antarctic. In 1958, very small ozone values were recorded for a week in midwinter during clear weather with light winds. The absence of similar midwinter reductions at Neumayer, or at Halley in the few measurements during 1987, means we must remain suspicious of these small values, but we can find no obvious reason to discount them. The dark reaction of ozone and seawater ice observed in the laboratory may be fast enough to explain them if the salinity and surface area of the ice is sufficiently amplified by frost flowers.

scholarly journals Lagrangian analysis of microphysical and chemical processes in the Antarctic stratosphere: a case study

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 6651-6665 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Di Liberto ◽  
R. Lehmann ◽  
I. Tritscher ◽  
F. Fierli ◽  
J. L. Mercer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Ozone Depletion ◽  
Heterogeneous Chemistry ◽  
Relative Role ◽  
Lagrangian Analysis ◽  
Particle Sedimentation ◽  
Air Mass ◽  
Ozone Loss ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. We investigated chemical and microphysical processes in the late winter in the Antarctic lower stratosphere, after the first chlorine activation and initial ozone depletion. We focused on a time interval when both further chlorine activation and ozone loss, but also chlorine deactivation, occur. We performed a comprehensive Lagrangian analysis to simulate the evolution of an air mass along a 10-day trajectory, coupling a detailed microphysical box model to a chemistry model. Model results have been compared with in situ and remote sensing measurements of particles and ozone at the start and end points of the trajectory, and satellite measurements of key chemical species and clouds along it. Different model runs have been performed to understand the relative role of solid and liquid polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) particles for the heterogeneous chemistry, and for the denitrification caused by particle sedimentation. According to model results, under the conditions investigated, ozone depletion is not affected significantly by the presence of nitric acid trihydrate (NAT) particles, as the observed depletion rate can equally well be reproduced by heterogeneous chemistry on cold liquid aerosol, with a surface area density close to background values. Under the conditions investigated, the impact of denitrification is important for the abundances of chlorine reservoirs after PSC evaporation, thus stressing the need to use appropriate microphysical models in the simulation of chlorine deactivation. We found that the effect of particle sedimentation and denitrification on the amount of ozone depletion is rather small in the case investigated. In the first part of the analyzed period, when a PSC was present in the air mass, sedimentation led to a smaller available particle surface area and less chlorine activation, and thus less ozone depletion. After the PSC evaporation, in the last 3 days of the simulation, denitrification increases ozone loss by hampering chlorine deactivation.

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