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The summer maximum in total ozone over northwest Europe
Authors:Homer T Mantis  Christos C Repapis  Christos S Zerefos
Institution:(1) School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, USA;(2) Research Center for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, Greece;(3) Physics Department, Chair of Atmospheric Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract:Station records of ozone observations have been critically reviewed to investigate the reality of the reported maximum in total ozone over northwest Europe in July. The existence of a longitudinal excess of ozone over the British Isles is confirmed but strong horizontal gradients can be verified only over central Europe and there is no evidence for east-west gradients over the Atlantic. Ozone sounding data as well as total ozone daily variability make it most plausible that the ozone excess over northwest Europe is confined to the lower stratosphere. The isopleths in the region of strong ozone gradients are parallel to the mean flow at 100 mb as required by the calculated constraint on the magnitude of the mean flow advection. It is proposed that analyses of the ozone distribution over oceanic areas could be improved by extending ozone isopleths parallel to the mean lower stratospheric flow from land areas where the pattern is better defined.
Keywords:Atmospheric ozone  Circulation influence  Longitude dependence
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