On the distribution and variability of ozone in the tropical upper troposphere: Implications for tropical deep convection and chemical-dynamical coupling
| dc.contributor.author | Solomon, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Thompson, D. W. J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Portmann, R. W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Oltmans, S. J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Anne M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-26T16:35:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-26T16:35:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-12-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Tropical ozonesonde measurements display events of substantially reduced or near-zero ozone in the upper troposphere that can be coherent over broad spatial scales. Available observations indicate that these events occur most frequently between about 300 and 100 mbar in the tropical southwest Pacific region. The spatial structure of the events suggests linkages to deep convection as the primary cause, with the potential for long-range transport from the southwest Pacific to other locations. Observations are sparse in time as well as space, but suggest possible long-term changes in tropical ozone transport and the frequency of deep convection there since the 1980s. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The authors gratefully thank StephanBorrmann, Dennis Hartmann, and Mike Wallace for helpful discussions,and the SHADOZ and NOAA scientists and technical staff whose dedica-tion allowed these measurements to be gathered. SHADOZ data, compiledby J. C. Witte (SSAI, Lanham, Maryland) were taken from the websitehttp://croc.gsfc.nasa.gov/shadoz. | |
| dc.description.uri | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2005GL024323 | |
| dc.format.extent | 4 pages | |
| dc.genre | journal articles | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2b2lx-awue | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Solomon, S., D. W. J. Thompson, R. W. Portmann, S. J. Oltmans, and A. M. Thompson. “On the Distribution and Variability of Ozone in the Tropical Upper Troposphere: Implications for Tropical Deep Convection and Chemical-Dynamical Coupling.” Geophysical Research Letters 32, no. 23 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL024323. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL024323 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/35091 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | AGU | |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC GESTAR II | |
| dc.rights | This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law. | |
| dc.rights | Public Domain | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ | |
| dc.title | On the distribution and variability of ozone in the tropical upper troposphere: Implications for tropical deep convection and chemical-dynamical coupling | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7829-0920 |