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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH,
VOL. 108, NO. D3,
4110,
doi:10.1029/2002JD002657,
2003
Seasonally averaged ozone and nitrous oxide in the Northern Hemisphere lower stratosphere
M. H. Proffitt
Aeronomy Laboratory,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Boulder,
Colorado,
USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
Boulder,
Colorado,
USA
K. Aikin
Aeronomy Laboratory,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Boulder,
Colorado,
USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
Boulder,
Colorado,
USA
A. F. Tuck
Aeronomy Laboratory,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Boulder,
Colorado,
USA
J. J. Margitan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena,
California,
USA
C. R. Webster
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena,
California,
USA
G. C. Toon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena,
California,
USA
J. W. Elkins
Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Boulder,
Colorado,
USA
Abstract
Northern Hemisphere ozone (O3) measurements in the lower stratosphere made from 1989 to 1997 are presented along with simultaneous measurements of the
conserved tracer nitrous oxide (N2O) to help separate O3 changes due to photochemistry from those due to transport. This model-independent analysis represents 139 flights aboard
the ER-2 aircraft and 12 profiles from balloons and uses zonal, isobaric, and isentropic seasonal averages of O3 and N2O to examine seasonal changes in O3 distributions. The resulting seasonal families of curves at constant latitude are somewhat intertwined, while the families
of isobaric and isentropic curves are not. Although some of the isobaric curves cross, the isentropic curves are sufficiently
separated to confidently estimate O3 by specifying season, N2O, and potential temperature, then interpolating between the curves. Such estimates may be useful for testing of photochemical
models with transport, and perhaps more importantly, the families of curves could serve as baseline references for estimating
high latitude photochemical O3 loss and as an indicator of O3 recovery in the lower stratosphere.
Published 7
February
2003.
Index Terms: 0325 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Evolution of the atmosphere; 0340 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Middle atmosphere—composition and chemistry; 0341 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Middle atmosphere—constituent transport and chemistry (3334).
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Citation: Proffitt, M. H., K. Aikin, A. F. Tuck, J. J. Margitan, C. R. Webster, G. C. Toon, and J. W. Elkins
(2003),
Seasonally averaged ozone and nitrous oxide in the Northern Hemisphere lower stratosphere,
J. Geophys. Res.,
108(D3),
4110,
doi:10.1029/2002JD002657.
Copyright 2003 by the American Geophysical Union.
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