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Based on TOMS total ozone data and SCIAMACHY ozone profile data, climatology of the ozone mini-hole events over the Tibetan Plateau and ozone vertical structure variations during an ozone mini-hole event in December 2003 are analyzed. The analyses show that before 1990 ozone mini-hole events only occurred in November–December of 1987 but that the number of events increases after 1990. These events only occur from October through February, with maximum occurrence frequency in December. During the event in December 2003, the decrease in total ozone of over 20% is mainly caused by the ozone loss in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere region due to the horizontal transport of low ozone from the lower latitude subtropics and the uplift of low ozone from the lower troposphere over the Tibetan Plateau.
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Bian, J. Features of ozone mini-hole events over the Tibetan Plateau. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 26, 305–311 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-009-0305-8
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