Seasonal stratospheric ozone trends over 2000-2018 derived from several merged data sets

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• Journal Title:
  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Personal Author:
  Szeląg, Monika E. ; Sofieva, Viktoria F. ; Degenstein, Doug ; Roth, Chris ; Davis, Sean ; Froidevaux, Lucien
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; CSL (Chemical Sciences Laboratory)
• Description:
  In this work, we analyze the seasonal dependence of ozone trends in the stratosphere using four long-term merged data sets, SAGE-CCI-OMPS, SAGE-OSIRIS-OMPS, GOZCARDS, and SWOOSH, which provide more than 30 years of monthly zonal mean ozone profiles in the stratosphere. We focus here on trends between 2000 and 2018. All data sets show similar results, although some discrepancies are observed. In the upper stratosphere, the trends are positive throughout all seasons and the majority of latitudes. The largest upper-stratospheric ozone trends are observed during local winter (up to 6 % per decade) and equinox (up to 3 % per decade) at mid-latitudes. In the equatorial region, we find a very strong seasonal dependence of ozone trends at all altitudes: the trends vary from positive to negative, with the sign of transition depending on altitude and season. The trends are negative in the upper-stratospheric winter (−1 % per decade to −2 % per decade) and in the lower-stratospheric spring (−2 % per decade to −4 % per decade), but positive (2 % per decade to 3 % per decade) at 30–35 km in spring, while the opposite pattern is observed in summer. The tropical trends below 25 km are negative and maximize during summer (up to −2 % per decade) and spring (up to −3 % per decade). In the lower mid-latitude stratosphere, our analysis points to a hemispheric asymmetry: during local summers and equinoxes, positive trends are observed in the south (+1 % per decade to +2 % per decade), while negative trends are observed in the north (−1 % per decade to −2 % per decade).
• Keywords:
  Ozone Stratosphere
• Source:
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 7035–7047, 2020
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-7035-2020
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
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  Submitted
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  urn:sha256:6e673b299ac97f698e797d209a8bb7b33f87a6c1a0b476457fae6df3876aff9b
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