TOMS image animation

 The Ozone Hole Tour!

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Model and TOMS Comparisons

The following animation shows output from the 3D chemical transport computer model of the stratosphere, as used here in Cambrige, and the TOMS satellite-borne instrument. Column ozone amounts are predicted by the model, plotted on the left, for comparison with the measurements made by TOMS (right).

The model column ozone is very similar to that observed by satellite. Over the Antarctic continent there are low amounts of ozone, where there has been chemical destruction. Around the edge of the vortex, between 30S and 60S, there are higher amounts of ozone. These high amounts result from the transport of ozone from the region of production in the tropics.


 

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