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McPeters, R.D., Hollandsworth, S.M., Flynn, L.E., Herman, J.R. and Seftor, C.J. (1996). Long-term ozone trends derived from the 16-year combined Nimbus 7/Meteor 3 TOMS Version 7 record. Geophysical Research Letters 23: doi: 10.1029/96GL03540. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Ozone measurements from the Nimbus 7 TOMS instrument, which operated from November 1978 through early May 1993, have been extended through December 1994 using data from the TOMS instrument on-board the Russian Meteor 3 satellite. Both TOMS data records have recently been recalibrated, and then reprocessed using the Version 7 retrieval algorithm. Long-term trend estimates obtained from a multiple regression analysis show ozone losses in the extended data record similar to those reported in previous studies using Version 6 TOMS and SBUV data, and ground-based Dobson data. Ozone continues to decline through the end of 1994, with the most significant ozone losses occurring in the high southern latitudes during October (-20% per decade) and in the northern mid- to high-latitudes during March/April (-6 to -8% per decade). There is no significant ozone trend in the tropics. Annual-average trends derived from the Nimbus 7 Version 7 data are 0--2.5% per decade less negative than those derived over the same time period using Version 6 data. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1996 |
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Keywords
Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Climatology, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Instruments and techniques, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—composition and chemistry |
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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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