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Longitudinal variation in springtime ozone trends

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Satellite measurements indicate that mid-latitude ozone depletion in the Northern Hemisphere spring during 1979–97 was worst over Europe and Russia1. Here we show that these longitudinal differences in ozone trends are due to a combination of decadal variations in the circulation2,3 and transport of ozone-depleted air from the polar vortex. Any increase in ozone depletion in the polar vortex as a result of future cooling of the stratosphere would therefore be particularly bad over Europe and Russia.

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Figure 1: Ozone trends in the April–May periods of 1979–97.

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    Bjørn M. Knudsen & Signe B. Andersen

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Knudsen, B., Andersen, S. Longitudinal variation in springtime ozone trends. Nature 413, 699–700 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35099677

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