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<blockquote data-quote="Loopi" data-source="post: 65342" data-attributes="member: 3152"><p><a href="http://phys.org/archive/10-02-2013/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">February 10, 2013</span></u></a></p><p><img src="http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2013/istheozonela.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><a href="http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/hires/2013/istheozonela.jpg" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Enlarge</span></u></a></p><p>Time-series (1996 to 2012) of total polar ozone mean values over the months of September, October and November as measured by GOME, SCIAMACHY and GOME-2 flown on ERS-2, Envisat and MetOp-A, respectively. Smaller ozone holes are evident during 2002 and 2012. The maps were generated using total ozone columns derived with the GODFIT algorithm (BIRA/IASB, RT Solutions Inc.), which has been consistently applied to the three different satellite instruments. Credit: BIRA/IASB</p><p><strong>(Phys.org)—Satellites show that the recent ozone hole over Antarctica was the smallest seen in the past decade. Long-term observations also reveal that Earth's ozone has been strengthening following international agreements to protect this vital layer of the atmosphere.</strong></p><p> </p><p>According to the ozone sensor on Europe's MetOp <a href="http://phys.org/tags/weather+satellite/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">weather satellite</span></u></a>, the hole over Antarctica in 2012 was the smallest in the last 10 years.</p><p>The instrument continues the long-term monitoring of <a href="http://phys.org/tags/atmospheric+ozone/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">atmospheric ozone</span></u></a> started by its predecessors on the ERS-2 and Envisat satellites.</p><p>Since the beginning of the 1980s, an ozone hole has developed over Antarctica during the southern spring – September to November – resulting in a decrease in ozone concentration of up to 70%.</p><p><a href="http://phys.org/tags/ozone+depletion/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Ozone depletion</span></u></a> is more extreme in Antarctica than at the North Pole because high wind speeds cause a fast-rotating vortex of cold air, leading to extremely low temperatures. Under these conditions, human-made chlorofluorocarbons – CFCs – have a stronger effect on the ozone, depleting it and creating the infamous hole.</p><p>Over the Arctic, the effect is far less pronounced because the <a href="http://phys.org/tags/northern+hemisphere/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">northern hemisphere</span></u></a>'s irregular landmasses and mountains normally prevent the build-up of strong circumpolar winds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ozone distribution over the South Pole from July to December during the years 2011 (left) and 2012 (right). The 2012 ozone hole duration, geographical extension and depth was much smaller than that of 2011. Ozone loss over the South Pole is displayed at the bottom (the bold dark line indicates the ozone loss for 2012 and the grey line for 2011). The ozone maps were generated by the assimilation of GOME-2 total ozone data into the model TM3DAM. GOME-2 is carried by Eumetsat’s MetOp mission. Credit: KNMI</p><p>Reduced ozone over the <a href="http://phys.org/tags/southern+hemisphere/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">southern hemisphere</span></u></a>means that people living there are more exposed to cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation.</p><p> </p><p>International agreements on protecting the ozone layer – particularly the <a href="http://phys.org/tags/montreal+protocol/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Montreal Protocol</span></u></a> – have stopped the increase of CFC concentrations, and a drastic fall has been observed since the mid-1990s.</p><p>However, the long lifetimes of CFCs in the atmosphere mean it may take until the middle of this century for the stratosphere's chlorine content to go back to values like those of the 1960s.</p><p>The evolution of the ozone layer is affected by the interplay between <a href="http://phys.org/tags/atmospheric+chemistry/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">atmospheric chemistry</span></u></a> and dynamics like wind and temperature.</p><p> </p><p><u><span style="color: #0066cc"><img src="http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2013/1-istheozonela.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></u><a href="http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/hires/2013/1-istheozonela.jpg" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Enlarge</span></u></a></p><p>Total polar ozone in the northern and southern hemispheres as measured by various instruments, including GOME, SCIAMACHY and GOME-2 flown on ERS-2, Envisat and MetOp, respectively (in orange). The blue line depicts projections based on the Chemistry Climate Model E39CA. The total ozone reached its lowest levels in both hemispheres in the late 1990s, and it is expected to increase in the coming years. Credit: ESA/DLR/Eumetsat/NASA/WMO/GAW</p><p>If weather and atmospheric conditions show unusual behaviour, it can result in extreme ozone conditions – such as the record low observed in spring 2011 in the Arctic – or last year's unusually small Antarctic ozone hole.</p><p> </p><p>To understand these complex processes better, scientists rely on a long time series of data derived from observations and on results from numerical simulations based on complex atmospheric models.</p><p>Although ozone has been observed over several decades with multiple instruments, combining the existing observations from many different sensors to produce consistent and homogeneous data suitable for scientific analysis is a difficult task.</p><p>Within the ESA Climate Change Initiative, harmonised ozone climate data records are generated to document the variability of ozone changes better at different scales in space and time.</p><p>With this information, scientists can better estimate the timing of the ozone layer recovery, and in particular the closure of the <a href="http://phys.org/tags/ozone+hole/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">ozone hole</span></u></a>.</p><p>Chemistry climate models show that the ozone layer may be building up, and the hole over Antarctica will close in the next decades.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loopi, post: 65342, member: 3152"] [URL='http://phys.org/archive/10-02-2013/'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]February 10, 2013[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [IMG]http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2013/istheozonela.jpg[/IMG] [URL='http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/hires/2013/istheozonela.jpg'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Enlarge[/COLOR][/U][/URL] Time-series (1996 to 2012) of total polar ozone mean values over the months of September, October and November as measured by GOME, SCIAMACHY and GOME-2 flown on ERS-2, Envisat and MetOp-A, respectively. Smaller ozone holes are evident during 2002 and 2012. The maps were generated using total ozone columns derived with the GODFIT algorithm (BIRA/IASB, RT Solutions Inc.), which has been consistently applied to the three different satellite instruments. Credit: BIRA/IASB [B](Phys.org)—Satellites show that the recent ozone hole over Antarctica was the smallest seen in the past decade. Long-term observations also reveal that Earth's ozone has been strengthening following international agreements to protect this vital layer of the atmosphere.[/B] According to the ozone sensor on Europe's MetOp [URL='http://phys.org/tags/weather+satellite/'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]weather satellite[/COLOR][/U][/URL], the hole over Antarctica in 2012 was the smallest in the last 10 years. The instrument continues the long-term monitoring of [URL='http://phys.org/tags/atmospheric+ozone/'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]atmospheric ozone[/COLOR][/U][/URL] started by its predecessors on the ERS-2 and Envisat satellites. Since the beginning of the 1980s, an ozone hole has developed over Antarctica during the southern spring – September to November – resulting in a decrease in ozone concentration of up to 70%. [URL='http://phys.org/tags/ozone+depletion/'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Ozone depletion[/COLOR][/U][/URL] is more extreme in Antarctica than at the North Pole because high wind speeds cause a fast-rotating vortex of cold air, leading to extremely low temperatures. Under these conditions, human-made chlorofluorocarbons – CFCs – have a stronger effect on the ozone, depleting it and creating the infamous hole. Over the Arctic, the effect is far less pronounced because the [URL='http://phys.org/tags/northern+hemisphere/'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]northern hemisphere[/COLOR][/U][/URL]'s irregular landmasses and mountains normally prevent the build-up of strong circumpolar winds. Ozone distribution over the South Pole from July to December during the years 2011 (left) and 2012 (right). The 2012 ozone hole duration, geographical extension and depth was much smaller than that of 2011. Ozone loss over the South Pole is displayed at the bottom (the bold dark line indicates the ozone loss for 2012 and the grey line for 2011). The ozone maps were generated by the assimilation of GOME-2 total ozone data into the model TM3DAM. GOME-2 is carried by Eumetsat’s MetOp mission. Credit: KNMI Reduced ozone over the [URL='http://phys.org/tags/southern+hemisphere/'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]southern hemisphere[/COLOR][/U][/URL]means that people living there are more exposed to cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation. International agreements on protecting the ozone layer – particularly the [URL='http://phys.org/tags/montreal+protocol/'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Montreal Protocol[/COLOR][/U][/URL] – have stopped the increase of CFC concentrations, and a drastic fall has been observed since the mid-1990s. However, the long lifetimes of CFCs in the atmosphere mean it may take until the middle of this century for the stratosphere's chlorine content to go back to values like those of the 1960s. The evolution of the ozone layer is affected by the interplay between [URL='http://phys.org/tags/atmospheric+chemistry/'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]atmospheric chemistry[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and dynamics like wind and temperature. [U][COLOR=#0066cc][IMG]http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2013/1-istheozonela.jpg[/IMG][/COLOR][/U][URL='http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/hires/2013/1-istheozonela.jpg'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Enlarge[/COLOR][/U][/URL] Total polar ozone in the northern and southern hemispheres as measured by various instruments, including GOME, SCIAMACHY and GOME-2 flown on ERS-2, Envisat and MetOp, respectively (in orange). The blue line depicts projections based on the Chemistry Climate Model E39CA. The total ozone reached its lowest levels in both hemispheres in the late 1990s, and it is expected to increase in the coming years. Credit: ESA/DLR/Eumetsat/NASA/WMO/GAW If weather and atmospheric conditions show unusual behaviour, it can result in extreme ozone conditions – such as the record low observed in spring 2011 in the Arctic – or last year's unusually small Antarctic ozone hole. To understand these complex processes better, scientists rely on a long time series of data derived from observations and on results from numerical simulations based on complex atmospheric models. Although ozone has been observed over several decades with multiple instruments, combining the existing observations from many different sensors to produce consistent and homogeneous data suitable for scientific analysis is a difficult task. Within the ESA Climate Change Initiative, harmonised ozone climate data records are generated to document the variability of ozone changes better at different scales in space and time. With this information, scientists can better estimate the timing of the ozone layer recovery, and in particular the closure of the [URL='http://phys.org/tags/ozone+hole/'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]ozone hole[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. Chemistry climate models show that the ozone layer may be building up, and the hole over Antarctica will close in the next decades. [/QUOTE]
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