DISTRIBUTION OF OZONE LAMINAE DURING EASOE AND THE POSSIBLE INFLUENCEOF INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES

Authors
REID SJ VAUGHAN G MITCHELL NJ PRICHARD IT SMIT HJ JORGENSEN TS VAROTSOS C DEBACKER H
Citation
Sj. Reid et al., DISTRIBUTION OF OZONE LAMINAE DURING EASOE AND THE POSSIBLE INFLUENCEOF INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES, Geophysical research letters, 21(13), 1994, pp. 1479-1482
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
21
Issue
13
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1479 - 1482
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1994)21:13<1479:DOOLDE>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The distribution of laminae in ozone has been determined from the EASO E ozonesonde archive as a function of potential temperature and potent ial vorticity. Results confirm previous studies that laminae are absen t above approximately 450K within the vortex, and are most abundant ne ar its edge. Observations of inertia-gravity waves in the lower strato sphere appear to suggest that such waves are not of sufficiently large amplitude to cause the kinds of laminae that are observed.