Total ozone variability and trends over the South Pole during the wintertime

• Main Authors: Fioletov, V., Zhao, X., Abboud, I., Brohart, M., Ogyu, A., Sit, R., Lee, S., Petropavlovskikh, I., Johnson, B., Cullis, P., Booth, J., McConville, G.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Pole; Merra; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5018230

The Antarctic polar vortex creates unique chemical and dynamic conditions when the stratospheric air over Antarctica is isolated from the rest of the stratosphere. As a result, stratospheric ozone within the vortex remains largely unchanged for a five-month period from April until late August when t...