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Schwarzkopf & Ramaswamy 1993
Schwarzkopf, M.D. and Ramaswamy, V. (1993). Radiative forcing due to ozone in the 1980s: Dependence on altitude of ozone change. Geophysical Research Letters 20: doi: 10.1029/93GL00209. issn: 0094-8276.

The radiative forcing of the surface-troposphere system caused by the changes in ozone in the 1980s is sensitive to the altitude profile of these changes. In the tropics, inclusion of lower stratospheric ozone depletions observed by SAGE results in a substantial negative radiative ozone forcing. In mid-latitudes, the magnitude of the negative stratospheric ozone forcing diminishes as the altitude of ozone depletion is raised above the tropopause. By contrast, the radiative forcing corresponding to the decadal tropospheric ozone increases observed at certain Northern Hemisphere mid-latitude locations is strongly positive. The magnitude and sign of the total (tropospheric +stratospheric) ozone forcing in Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes is critically dependent on the veritcal profile of the tropospheric ozone increases and the lower stratospheric losses near the tropopause. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1993

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Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Radiative processes, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—composition and chemistry, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Troposphere—composition and chemistry, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Climatology
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Geophysical Research Letters
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