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Newchurch et al. 2001
Newchurch, M.J., Sun, D. and Kim, J.H. (2001). Zonal Wave-1 structure in TOMS tropical stratospheric ozone. Geophysical Research Letters 28: doi: 10.1029/2000GL012315. issn: 0094-8276.

Using measurements of the stratospheric ozone column observed by NIMBUS-7 TOMS above high-altitude clouds observed by the collocated Temperature Humidity InfraRed (THIR) sensor, we analyze the stratospheric ozone column zonal wave structure in the tropics. A zonal wave-1 structure occurs roughly longitudinally coincident with the total-ozone wave with its peak near the prime meridian and trough near the central Pacific Ocean. The monthly average stratospheric ozone exhibits a wave-1 pattern with amplitude of ~4 DU and a maximum peak-to-trough difference of ~13 DU in the 1979--1984 time period. This stratospheric amplitude represents about one half of the ~7 DU amplitude in total column ozone. This partitioning of some of the total ozone column wave into the stratosphere affects the tropospheric ozone component of derivations that assume stratospheric zonal invariance. ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union

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Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Middle atmosphere dynamics (0341, 0342)
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Geophysical Research Letters
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