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The eruptions of the low latitude volcanoes El Chichón and Pinatubo have disturbed conditions in the stratosphere and the total ozone field. The spatial and temporal distribution of these disturbances is studied using monthly mean total ozone residuals after careful removal of the components of known oscillations (seasonal variation, QBO, El Nino/Southern Oscillation). The total ozone deficiencies attributed to the volcanic effect are found to range from -2% in the tropical region up to about -5% over middle and high latitudes, lasting for 6 or more months after the eruption. These deficiencies are larger than both the noise term and the anticipated error from the aerosol contaminated radiances.
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Zerefos, C.S., Tourpali, K., Bais, A.F. (1996). Recent Volcanic Signals in the Ozone Layer. In: Fiocco, G., Fuà, D., Visconti, G. (eds) The Mount Pinatubo Eruption. NATO ASI Series, vol 42. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61173-5_18
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