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Basher, R.E., Zheng, X. and Nichol, S. (1994). Ozone-related trends in solar UV-B series. Geophysical Research Letters 21: doi: 10.1029/94GL02586. issn: 0094-8276. |
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It is now well established that stratospheric ozone has become depleted on a global scale, with downward trends of several percent per decade in populated mid-latitude regions, but evidence of the expected parallel increases in solar UV-B radiation has remained elusive to date; if anything, past studies have actually reported decreases. The broken, ten-year record of Robertson-Berger meter UV-B measurements for a clean-atmosphere, mid-latitude site in the Southern Hemisphere that we analyze here is incapable of independently confirming a long-term upward trend, but it does provide specific evidence in support of the trend hypothesis. In particular, there is a very strong relationship between daily clear-sky UV-B and parallel ozone measurements, with correlation coefficients in the range of 0.84 to 0.95, and the trends and variations in ozone are very well matched by corresponding opposite trends and variations in UV-B. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1994 |
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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—composition and chemistry, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Pollution—urban and regional, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Instruments and techniques, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Biosphere-atmosphere interactions |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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