Pure and Applied Geophysics

, Volume 106, Issue 1, pp 1531–1543 | Cite as

Influence of the vertical motion field on ozone concentration in the stratosphere

  • Reginald E. Newell
  • George J. Boer
  • Thomas G. Dopplick
Ozone and General Circulation
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Abstract

Computations of the mean meridional motion field in the stratosphere are applied to ozone distributions to evaluate the associated ozone concentration changes. These changes are compared with those produced by photochemical and quasi-horizontal eddy processes. For the period January–April 1964 there is a cooperative action between the mean and eddy motions with mean subsidence in middle latitudes supplying ozone to be carried polawards and equatorwards by quasi-horizontal eddy processes. At low latitudes mean horizontal motions offset the eddy transport while at high latitudes mean rising motion is the offsetting term. The mean ozone flux through 50 mb, 3.5×1029 molecules sec−1, is comparable with the fluxes evaluated by other techniques.

The spring maximum is thought to be due to a modulation of the energy supply to the stratospheric eddies which, in turn, force the mean motions. Longer-term changes are to be expected; for example during Ice Ages when increased tropospheric eddy activity is anticipated there should be higher total ozone.

Keywords

Ozone Vertical Motion Ozone Concentration Total Ozone Lower Stratosphere 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Reginald E. Newell
  • George J. Boer
    • 1
  • Thomas G. Dopplick
  1. 1.Department of MeteorologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeUSA

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