Ao. Langford et al., OZONE MEASUREMENTS IN A TROPOPAUSE FOLD ASSOCIATED WITH A CUTOFF LOW SYSTEM, Geophysical research letters, 23(18), 1996, pp. 2501-2504
The two-dimensional structure of a tropopause fold that formed on the
western flank of a cut-off cyclone over the western United States is e
xamined through time series of vertical ozone profiles made using the
NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory's Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) system
at Fritz Peak Observatory (39.9 degrees N, 105.3 degrees W, 2.68 km a
bove sea level). The observations are compared to calculated potential
vorticity fields, and the net influx of ozone to the troposphere is e
stimated to be similar to 5.5 x 10(32) molecules assuming that the fol
d is irreversibly mixed into the troposphere below 8.5 km.