Ozone Changes Related to Tropospheric and Stratospheric Disturbances
1964 Volume 42 Issue 1 Pages 26-42
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1964 Volume 42 Issue 1 Pages 26-42
The two kinds of effect on total ozone amount, one due to tropospheric and lower stratospheric disturbance and the other due to middle stratospheric disturbance, have been studied by examining the correlation coefficients between ozone (O3) and 500mb height (H) and between ozone and 30-100 mb thickness (Z), at Edmonton for the period from Jan.‘59 to Dec. ’61.
The seasonal characters of ozone variations are discussed with regard to the tropospheric and lower stratospheric disturbance as well as to the middle stratospheric disturbance. The multiple correlation coefficients of O3 on H and Z are 0.7-0.8 for the daily values and 0.6-0.7 for the day-to-day changes through the year.
Then, as an example of the ozone-middle stratosphere relation, the ozone changes at Goose Bay and Edmonton during the stratospheric sudden warming in Jan. 1963 are studied.
The ozone changes at different heights in late winter are examined by using the 11 vertical ozone distributions which were obtained by ozonesondes at Goose Bay in Jan. to Mar. 1963.
