Stratospheric ozone trends and variability as seen by SCIAMACHY from 2002 to 2012

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2014-01-24

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Gebhardt, C., A. Rozanov, R. Hommel, M. Weber, H. Bovensmann, J. P. Burrows, D. Degenstein, L. Froidevaux, and A. M. Thompson. “Stratospheric Ozone Trends and Variability as Seen by SCIAMACHY from 2002 to 2012.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 14, no. 2 (January 24, 2014): 831–46. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-831-2014.

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Vertical profiles of the rate of linear change (trend) in the altitude range 15–50 km are determined from decadal O₃ time series obtained from SCIAMACHY¹/ENVISAT² measurements in limb-viewing geometry. The trends are calculated by using a multivariate linear regression. Seasonal variations, the quasi-biennial oscillation, signatures of the solar cycle and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation are accounted for in the regression. The time range of trend calculation is August 2002–April 2012. A focus for analysis are the zonal bands of 20° N–20° S (tropics), 60–50° N, and 50–60° S (midlatitudes). In the tropics, positive trends of up to 5% per decade between 20 and 30 km and negative trends of up to 10% per decade between 30 and 38 km are identified. Positive O₃ trends of around 5% per decade are found in the upper stratosphere in the tropics and at midlatitudes. Comparisons between SCIAMACHY and EOS MLS³ show reasonable agreement both in the tropics and at midlatitudes for most altitudes. In the tropics, measurements from OSIRIS4/Odin and SHADOZ⁵ are also analysed. These yield rates of linear change of O₃ similar to those from SCIAMACHY. However, the trends from SCIAMACHY near 34 km in the tropics are larger than MLS and OSIRIS by a factor of around two. ¹ SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY ² European environmental research satellite ³ Earth Observing System (EOS) Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ⁴ Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imager System ⁵ Southern Hemisphere ADditional OZonesondes