Umkehr, ozonesonde and satellite observations are used to determine the height/latitude distribution of the amplitude and phase of the periodic components of the variation in the ozone mixing ratio in the middle and upper stratosphere. The amplitude of the first (annual) harmonic is found to be small in the subtropics and to increase to a maximum at polar latitudes. In addition, it increases with height in the mid and upper stratosphere to an apparent maximum just below the stratosphere. The second (semi-annual) harmonic possesses an amplitude that is largest in tropical regions and in subpolar regions at a level of about 40 km. Very little ozone variation is seen above 30 km with dominant periods close to the quasi-biennial period of total ozone observed in the tropics. The percentage of the total variance of the ozone mixing ratio accounted for by the first harmonic is found to be larger than 60 percent at all heights from 20 deg to 60 deg latitude in both hemispheres (except near 40 km in the Northern Hemisphere).


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    Title :

    Periodic and aperiodic ozone variations in the middle and upper stratosphere


    Contributors:
    London, J. (author)

    Publication date :

    1982-01-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

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    Language :

    English


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