FIRST RESULTS FROM FOAM-II - THE DISSIPATION OF THE 1993 ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE

Authors
BEVILACQUA RM HOPPEL KW HORNSTEIN JS LUCKE RL SHETTLE EP AINSWORTH TL DEBRESTIAN D FROMM MD KRIGMAN SS LUMPE J GLACCUM W OLIVERO JJ CLANCY RT RANDALL CE RUSCH DW CHASSEFIERE E DALAUDIER F DENIEL C BROGNIEZ C LENOBLE J
Citation
Rm. Bevilacqua et al., FIRST RESULTS FROM FOAM-II - THE DISSIPATION OF THE 1993 ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE, Geophysical research letters, 22(8), 1995, pp. 909-912
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
22
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
909 - 912
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1995)22:8<909:FRFF-T>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
POAM II is a space-borne instrument which uses solar occultation techn ique to measure the vertical distribution of ozone, aerosols and polar stratospheric clouds, and other properties of the stratosphere and me sosphere. FOAM II was launched aboard the SPOT 3 satellite in time to observe the dissipation of the 1993 Antarctic ozone hole. FOAM data in dicates that the Antarctic ozone hole dissipates from the top downward . It also supports the hypothesis that the Antarctic vortex is an effe ctive containment vessel. However the strength of the containment appe ars to decrease markedly at altitudes below 18 km