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Numerical Modeling of the Influence of Physical and Chemical Factors on the Interannual Variability of Antarctic Ozone

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The variability of Antarctic total column ozone in 1980–2018 is considered. The study analyzes trends in Antarctic total column ozone during the study period as well as the physical and chemical processes affecting the seasonal variability of total column ozone. The main attention is paid to the influence of dynamical processes on the stability of the Antarctic polar vortex, to the formation of polar stratospheric clouds, and to the influence of gas-phase and heterogeneous processes on the surface of polar stratospheric clouds and sulfate aerosol. The method of research is the analysis of the results of ground and satellite observations and numerical modeling of physical and chemical processes over the Antarctic using a global chemistry transport model with the dynamical parameters specified from reanalysis data.

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The research was performed at the Russian State Hydrometeorological University in the framework of the Governmental Assignment of the Ministry of Education and Science (project 5.6493.2017/8.9). The studies of the influence of dynamical parameters on the ozone values in the polar regions were supported by the Russian Science Foundation (grant 19-17-00198), and the studies of the influence of chemical processes were supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant 17-05-01277).

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Smyshlyaev, S.P., Blakitnaya, P.A. & Motsakov, M.A. Numerical Modeling of the Influence of Physical and Chemical Factors on the Interannual Variability of Antarctic Ozone. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 45, 153–160 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373920030024

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