Vortex-averaged Arctic ozone depletion in the winter 2002/2003

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Christensen, T., Knudsen, B. M., Streibel, M., Andersen, S. B., Benesova, A., Braathen, G., Claude, H., Davies, J., De Backer, H., Dier, H., Dorokhov, V., Gerding, M., Gil, M., Henchoz, B., Kelder, H., Kivi, R., Kyrö, E., Litynska, Z., Moore, D., Peters, G., Skrivankova, P., Stübi, R., Turunen, T., Vaughan, G., Viatte, P., Vik, A. F., von der Gathen, P., Zaitcev, I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/f0358e5f-0da2-4c44-b3e9-db2b16a7903b; https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-5-131-2005; http://://000226449500003

A total ozone depletion of 68±7 Dobson units between 380 and 525 K from 10 December 2002 to 10 March 2003 is derived from ozone sonde data by the vortex-average method, taking into account both diabatic descent of the air masses and transport of air into the vortex. When the vortex is divided into three equal-area regions, the results are 85±9 DU for the collar region (closest to the edge), 52±5 DU for the vortex centre and 68±7 DU for the middle region in between centre and collar. Our result s compare well with other studies: We find good agreement with ozone loss deduced from SAOZ data, with results inferred from POAM III observations and with results from tracer-tracer correlations using HF as the long-lived tracer. We find a higher ozone loss than that deduced by tracer-tracer correlations using CH4. We have made a carefu l comparison with Match results: The results were recalculated using a common time period, vortex edge definition and height interval. The two methods generally compare very well, except at the 475 K level which exhibits an unexplained discrepancy. European Geosciences Union © 2005 Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.