Middle atmospheric O3, CO, N2O, HNO3, and temperature profiles during the warm Arctic winter 2001-2002

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Muscari, Giovanni ^a,b   di Sarra, Alcide G ^a,c   de Zafra, Robert L ^d   Lucci, Francesco ^a   Baordo, Fabrizio ^a   Angelini, Federico ^a,e   Fiocco, Giorgio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE LAYER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; LIDAR; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SPECTROMETER; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WINTER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; THULE;

EID: 34548760253     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007849     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. 2O profile observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 1211-1214.
2. Cheng, D., R. L. de Zafra, and C. Trimble (1996), Millimeter wave spectroscopic measurements over the South Pole: 2. An 11-month cycle of stratospheric ozone observations during 1993-1994, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 6781-6793.
3. 2O observations, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 20,839-20,844.
4. de Zafra, R. L. (1995), The ground-based measurement of stratospheric gases using quantitative millimeter wave spectroscopy, in Diagnostic Tools in Atmospheric Physics, edited by G. Fiocco and G. Visconti, Proc. Int. Sch. Phys. Enrico Fermi, 124, 23-54.
5. de Zafra, R. L., and G. Muscari (2004), CO as an important high-altitude tracer of dynamics in the polar stratosphere and mesosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D06105, doi:10.1029/2003JD004099.
6. de Zafra, R. L., V. Chan, S. Crewell, C. Trimble, and J. M. Reeves (1997), Millimeter wave spectroscopic measurements over the South Pole: 3. The behavior of stratospheric nitric acid through polar fall, winter, and spring, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 1399-1410.
7. di Sarra, A., M. Cacciani, G. Fiocco, D. Fuà, and T. S. Jørgensen (2002), Lidar observations of polar stratospheric clouds over northern Greenland in the period 1990-1997, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D12), 4152, doi:10.1029/2001JD001074.
8. 3 over Thule, Greenland in February and March, 1992, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 1275-1278.
9. Fiocco, G., M. Cacciani, A. di Sarra, D. Fuà, P. Colagrande, G. De Bendetti, and R. Viola (1996), The evolution of the Pinatubo stratospheric aerosol layer observed by lidar at South Pole, Rome, Thule: A summary of results, in The Mt. Pinatubo Eruption: Effects on the Atmosphere and Climate, Vol. I, edited by G. Fiocco et al., pp. 17-32, NATO ASI Sub-series on Global Environ. Change, no. 42, Springer, New York.
10. Goutail, F., J.-P. Pommereau, F. Lefevre, M. Van Roozendael, S. B. Andersen, B.-A Kåstad Høiskar, V. Dorokhov, E. Kyrö, M. P. Chipperfield, and W. Feng (2005), Early unusual ozone loss during the Arctic winter 2002/2003 compared to other winters, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 665-677.
11. 2O:potential temperature correlation, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D20), 8268, doi:10.1029/2001JD000575.
12. Harvey, V. L., and M. H. Hitchman (1996), A climatology of the Aleutian High, J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 2088-2101.
13. Huret, N., M. Pirre, A. Hauchecorne, C. Robert, and V. Catoire (2006), On the vertical structure of the stratosphere at mid-latitudes during the first stage of the polar vortex formation and in the polar region in the presence of a large mesospheric descent, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D06111, doi:10.1029/2005JD006102.
14. Lucke, R. L., et al. (1999), The Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement (POAM) III instrument and early validation results, J. Geophys. Res., 104(D15), 18,785-18,800.
15. Manney, G. L., L. Froidevaux, J. W. Waters, R. W. Zurek, J. C. Gille, J. B. Kumer, J. L. Mergenthaler, A. E. Roche, A. O'Neill, and R. Swinbank (1995), Formation of low-ozone pockets in the middle stratospheric anticyclone during winter, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 13,939-13,950.
16. Manney, G. L., H. A. Michelsen, M. L. Santee, M. R. Gunson, F. W. Irion, A. E. Roche, and N. J. Livesey (1999), Polar vortex dynamics during spring and fall diagnosed using trace gas observations from the Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy instrument, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 18,841-18,866.
17. Manney, G. L., L. Froidevaux, M. L. Santee, N. J. Livesey, J. L. Sabutis, and J. W. Waters (2003), Variability of ozone loss during Arctic winter (1991-2000) estimated from UARS Microwave Limb Sounder measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D4), 4149, doi:10.1029/ 2002JD002634.
18. Manney, G. L., K. Krüger, J. L. Sabutis, S. A. Sena, and S. Pawson (2005), The remarkable 2003 - 2004 winter and other recent warm winters in the Arctic stratosphere since the late 1990s, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D04107, doi:10.1029/2004J0005367.
19. Manney, G. L., M. L. Santee, L. Froidevaux, K. Hoppel, N. J. Livesey, and J. W. Waters (2006), EOS MLS observations of ozone loss in the 2004-2005 Arctic winter, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L04802, doi:10.1029/2005GL024494.
20. Marenco, F., A. di Sarra, M. Cacciani, G. Fiocco, and D. Fuà (1997), Thermal structure of the winter middle atmosphere observed by lidar at Thule, Greenland, during 1993-94, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 59, 151-158.
21. 4 derived from ATMOS measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 28,347-28,359.
22. Morris, G. A., S. R. Kawa, A. R. Douglass, M. R. Schoeberl, L. Froidevaux, and J. Waters (1998), Low-ozone pockets explained, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 3599-3610.
23. Müller, R., S. Tilmes, P. Konopka, J.-U. Grooß, and H.-J. Jost (2005), Impact of mixing and chemical change on ozone-tracer relations in the polar vortex, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 3139-3151.
24. 3 measurements over Antarctica: Ground-based millimeter-wave versus UARS/MLS Version 5 retrievals, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D24), 4809, doi:10.1029/2002JD002546.
25. Nair, H., M. Allen, L. Froidevaux, and R. W. Zurek (1998), Localized rapid ozone loss in the northern winter stratosphere: An analysis of UARS observations, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 1555-1571.
26. Plumb, R.A., D. W. Waugh, and M. P. Chipperfield (2000), The effects of mixing on tracer relationships in the polar vortices, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 10,047-10,062.
27. Proffitt, M. H., J. J. Margitan, K. K. Kelly, M. Loewenstein, J. R. Podolske, and K. R. Chan (1990), Ozone loss in the Arctic polar vortex inferred from high-altitude aircraft measurements, Nature, 347, 31-36.
28. Schoeberl, M. R. and L. C. Sparling (1994), Trajectory modelling, in Diagnostic Tools in Atmospheric Physics, Proc. S.I.F. Course CXVI, edited by G. Fiocco and G. Visconti, Elsevier, New York.
29. Solomon, S. (1999), Stratospheric ozone depletion: A review of concepts and history, Rev. Geophys., 37, 275-316.
30. Tilmes, S., R. Müller, J.-U. Grooß, and J. M. Russell III (2004), Ozone loss and chlorine activation in the Arctic winters 1991-2003 derived with the correlations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, 2181-2213.
31. Twomey, S. (1977), Introduction to the Mathematics of Inversion in Remote Sensing and Indirect Measurements, Dev. Geomathematics, vol. 3, Elsevier, New York.
32. Twomey, S., B. Herman, and R. Rabinoff (1977), An extension of the Chalune method of inverting the radiative transfer equation, J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 1085-1090.
33. Urban, J., et al. (2004), The northern hemisphere stratospheric vortex during the 2002-03 winter: Subsidence, chlorine activation and ozone loss observed by the Odin Sub-Millimetre Radiometer, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L07103, doi:10.1029/20036L019089.
34. World Meteorological Organization (2006), Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2006, Global Ozone Res. Monit. Proj. Rep. no. 50, World Meteorol. Org., U.N. Environ. Prog., Geneva. (Available at http://ozone. unep.org/Assessment_Panels/SAP/Scientific_Assessment_2006/index.shtml)