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Analysis on NASA Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) ozone shows a clear ozone loss, −50 DU (15% of the total ozone), over Scandinavia. Correlation analysis between the ozone loss and the east-to-west sea surface temperature (SST) contrast in the North Atlantic shows correlation coefficients −0.96 for seasonal variation and −0.70 for monthly mean (168 months) in 1979–1992. Correlation coefficients between the ozone loss and the surface-to-atmosphere heat fluxes are higher than −0.87. There-fore the authors suggest that the warm Atlantic current carries energy northward to Scandina via and causes ozone loss there via the surface-to-atmosphere heating processes.
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This work was supported by the key project KZ951-A-205-05 of CAS, NSFC Project 40075029, IAP innovation project 8-2212, CAS, First Chinese Arctic Expedition of NOA and LAPC of IAP, CAS.
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Libo, Z., Han, Z., Chongping, J. et al. The Scandinavia ozone loss and surface heating. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 18, 454–466 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02919324
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