Southern Polar Ozone in MERRA-2

MERRA-2 provides a good representation of the year-to-year variations and the long-term changes in total ozone column over Antarctica for the entire data record, beginning in 1980. When MLS data are introduced into MERRA-2 in 2004, agreement with independent data improves compared to earlier years w...

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Main Author: Wargan, Krzysztof
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20160011458
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Summary:MERRA-2 provides a good representation of the year-to-year variations and the long-term changes in total ozone column over Antarctica for the entire data record, beginning in 1980. When MLS data are introduced into MERRA-2 in 2004, agreement with independent data improves compared to earlier years when the SBUV observations were assimilated.