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Spectral analyses, climatology, and interannual variability of Nimbus-7 TOMS version 6 total column ozoneThis reference publication presents selected results from space-time spectral analyses of 13 years of version 6 daily global ozone fields from the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS). One purpose is to illustrate more quantitatively the well-known richness of structure and variation in total ozone. A second purpose is to provide, for use by modelers and for comparison with other analysts' work, quantitative measures of zonal waves 1, 2, 3, and medium-scale waves 4-7 in total ozone. Their variations throughout the year and at a variety of latitudes are presented, from equatorial to polar regions. The 13-year averages are given, along with selected individual years which illustrate year-to-year variability. The largest long wave amplitudes occur in the polar winters and early springs of each hemisphere, and are related to strong wave amplification during major warning events. In low attitudes total ozone wave amplitudes are an order of magnitude smaller than at high latitudes. However, TOMS fields contain a number of equatorial dynamical features, including Rossby-gravity and Kelvin waves.
Document ID
19950020269
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - NASA Reference Publication (RP)
Authors
Stanford, J. L. (Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames, IA., United States)
Ziemke, J. R. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Mcpeters, R. D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Krueger, A. J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Bhartia, P. K. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1995
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
NASA-RP-1360
REPT-95B00045
NAS 1.61:1360
Accession Number
95N26689
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-1519
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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