Da Silva, M. Luis and Morales, S. Luis and Gutiérrez, O. Luis and Torres, C. Arnaldo (2006) Presence of stratospheric humidity in the ozone column depletion on the west coast of South America. Il nuovo cimento C, 29 (4). pp. 391-398. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
The ozone column depletion over the western coast of South America has been previously explained, based on the existence of winds in the area of the depletion, which cause compression and thinning of the ozone layer. However, the presence of humidity and methane transported by these winds to the stratosphere where the ozone depletion is present gives evidence that these compounds also participate in the depletion of the ozone layer. These two compounds, humidity and methane, are analysed during the ozone depletion of January, 1998. It is observed that when humidity presents fluctuations, ozone has fluctuations too. A maximum of humidity corresponds to a minimum of ozone, but there is a shift in altitude between them. This shift is observed in the stratosphere and upper troposphere and corresponds to approximately 500 m. It is important to point out that during this event El Ni˜no was present and the sources of methane are the Amazon forest and the Pacific Ocean. The data for this study was obtained from NASA and HALOE.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Global change ; Radiative processes, solar radiation ; Information related to geographical regions: South America |
| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2020 14:23 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2020 14:23 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/16093 |
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