DOI: 10.1126/science.260.5107.523. Record Low Global Ozone in 1992

Record Low Global Ozone in 1992

10.1126/science.260.5107.523

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Abstract

The 1992 global average total ozone, measured by the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) on the Nimbus-7 satellite, was 2 to 3 percent lower than any earlier year observed by TOMS (1979 to 1991). Ozone amounts were low in a wide range of latitudes in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, and the largest decreases were in the regions from 10°S to 20°S and 10°N to 60°N. Global ozone in 1992 is at least 1.5 percent lower than would be predicted by a statistical model that includes a linear trend and accounts for solar cycle variation and the quasi-biennial oscillation. These results are confirmed by comparisons with data from other ozone monitoring instruments: the SBUV/2 instrument on the NOAA-11 satellite, the TOMS instrument on the Russian Meteor-3 satellite, the World Standard Dobson Instrument 83, and a collection of 22 ground-based Dobson instruments.

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Gleason, J. F., Bhartia, P. K., Herman, J. R., McPeters, R., Newman, P., Stolarski, R. S., Flynn, L., Labow, G., Larko, D., Seftor, C., Wellemeyer, C., Komhyr, W. D., Miller, A. J., & Planet, W. (1993). Record Low Global Ozone in 1992. Science, 260(5107), 523â526.

Authors 14

J. F. Gleason (first)
P. K. Bhartia (additional)
J. R. Herman (additional)
R. McPeters (additional)
P. Newman (additional)
R. S. Stolarski (additional)
L. Flynn (additional)
G. Labow (additional)
D. Larko (additional)
C. Seftor (additional)
C. Wellemeyer (additional)
W. D. Komhyr (additional)
A. J. Miller (additional)
W. Planet (additional)

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Published	32 years, 4 months ago (April 23, 1993)
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@article{Gleason_1993, title={Record Low Global Ozone in 1992}, volume={260}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.260.5107.523}, DOI={10.1126/science.260.5107.523}, number={5107}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Gleason, J. F. and Bhartia, P. K. and Herman, J. R. and McPeters, R. and Newman, P. and Stolarski, R. S. and Flynn, L. and Labow, G. and Larko, D. and Seftor, C. and Wellemeyer, C. and Komhyr, W. D. and Miller, A. J. and Planet, W.}, year={1993}, month=apr, pages={523–526} }

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