Recent Arctic ozone depletion: Is there an impact of climate change?
After the well-reported record loss of Arctic stratospheric ozone of up to 38% in the winter 2010–2011, further large depletion of 27% occurred in the winter 2015–2016. Record low winter polar vortex temperatures, below the threshold for ice polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) formation, persisted for o...
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ftleedsuniv:oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:147834 2023-05-15T14:24:46+02:00 Recent Arctic ozone depletion: Is there an impact of climate change? Pommereau, JP Goutail, F Pazmino, A Lefèvre, F Chipperfield, MP Feng, W Van Roozendael, M Jepsen, N Hansen, G Kivi, R Bognar, K Strong, K Walker, K Kuzmichev, A Khattatov, S Sitnikova, V 2018-11 text https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/147834/ https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/147834/1/1-s2.0-S1631071318301172-main.pdf en eng Elsevier Masson https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/147834/1/1-s2.0-S1631071318301172-main.pdf Pommereau, JP, Goutail, F, Pazmino, A et al. (13 more authors) (2018) Recent Arctic ozone depletion: Is there an impact of climate change? Comptes Rendus - Geoscience, 350 (7). pp. 347-353. ISSN 1631-0713 cc_by_nc_nd_4 CC-BY-NC-ND Article NonPeerReviewed 2018 ftleedsuniv 2023-01-30T22:20:07Z After the well-reported record loss of Arctic stratospheric ozone of up to 38% in the winter 2010–2011, further large depletion of 27% occurred in the winter 2015–2016. Record low winter polar vortex temperatures, below the threshold for ice polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) formation, persisted for one month in January 2016. This is the first observation of such an event and resulted in unprecedented dehydration/denitrification of the polar vortex. Although chemistry–climate models (CCMs) generally predict further cooling of the lower stratosphere with the increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs), significant differences are found between model results indicating relatively large uncertainties in the predictions. The link between stratospheric temperature and ozone loss is well understood and the observed relationship is well captured by chemical transport models (CTMs). However, the strong dynamical variability in the Arctic means that large ozone depletion events like those of 2010–2011 and 2015–2016 may still occur until the concentrations of ozone-depleting substances return to their 1960 values. It is thus likely that the stratospheric ozone recovery, currently anticipated for the mid-2030s, might be significantly delayed. Most important in order to predict the future evolution of Arctic ozone and to reduce the uncertainty of the timing for its recovery is to ensure continuation of high-quality ground-based and satellite ozone observations with special focus on monitoring the annual ozone loss during the Arctic winter. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Climate change White Rose Research Online (Universities of Leeds, Sheffield & York) Arctic |
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After the well-reported record loss of Arctic stratospheric ozone of up to 38% in the winter 2010–2011, further large depletion of 27% occurred in the winter 2015–2016. Record low winter polar vortex temperatures, below the threshold for ice polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) formation, persisted for one month in January 2016. This is the first observation of such an event and resulted in unprecedented dehydration/denitrification of the polar vortex. Although chemistry–climate models (CCMs) generally predict further cooling of the lower stratosphere with the increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs), significant differences are found between model results indicating relatively large uncertainties in the predictions. The link between stratospheric temperature and ozone loss is well understood and the observed relationship is well captured by chemical transport models (CTMs). However, the strong dynamical variability in the Arctic means that large ozone depletion events like those of 2010–2011 and 2015–2016 may still occur until the concentrations of ozone-depleting substances return to their 1960 values. It is thus likely that the stratospheric ozone recovery, currently anticipated for the mid-2030s, might be significantly delayed. Most important in order to predict the future evolution of Arctic ozone and to reduce the uncertainty of the timing for its recovery is to ensure continuation of high-quality ground-based and satellite ozone observations with special focus on monitoring the annual ozone loss during the Arctic winter. |
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Pommereau, JP Goutail, F Pazmino, A Lefèvre, F Chipperfield, MP Feng, W Van Roozendael, M Jepsen, N Hansen, G Kivi, R Bognar, K Strong, K Walker, K Kuzmichev, A Khattatov, S Sitnikova, V |
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Pommereau, JP Goutail, F Pazmino, A Lefèvre, F Chipperfield, MP Feng, W Van Roozendael, M Jepsen, N Hansen, G Kivi, R Bognar, K Strong, K Walker, K Kuzmichev, A Khattatov, S Sitnikova, V Recent Arctic ozone depletion: Is there an impact of climate change? |
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Recent Arctic ozone depletion: Is there an impact of climate change? |
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Recent Arctic ozone depletion: Is there an impact of climate change? |
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