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Relation between the intensity of the stratospheric circumpolar vortex and the accumulation of ozone in the winter hemisphere

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The intensity of the polar vortex at 10 mb is used to calculate theoretical values of mean total ozone north of 40° latitude. A satisfactory fit is attained between the development in time of the theoretical ozone and that of the mean of the observed total ozone. The results lead to the conclusion, that a one-cell mean meridional motion relative to the polar night vortex is important for the transport of heat and ozone.

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Züllig, W. Relation between the intensity of the stratospheric circumpolar vortex and the accumulation of ozone in the winter hemisphere. PAGEOPH 106, 1544–1552 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00881104

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