| タイトル | Insights into Tropospheric Ozone from the INTEX Ozonesonde Network Study (IONS) |
| 著者（英） | Newchurch, M. J.; Tarasick, D. J.; Thompson, Anne M.; Oltmans, S. J.; Kucsera, T. L.; Merrill, J. T.; Witte, J. C.; Schmidlin, F. J.; Morris, G. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 発行日 | 2004-01-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | Ozone profile data from soundings integrate models, aircraft and other ground-based measurements for better interpretation of atmospheric chemistry and dynamics. A well-designed network of ozonesonde stations, with consistent sampling, can answer questions not possible with short campaigns or current satellite technology. The SHADOZ (Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes) project, for example, has led to these findings about tropical ozone: definition of the zonal tropospheric wave-one pattern in equatorial ozone, characterization of the "Atlantic ozone paradox" and establishment of a link between tropical Atlantic and Indian Ocean pollution. Building on the SHADOZ concept, a short-term ozone network was formed in July-August 2004 to coordinate ozonesonde launches during the ICARTT/INTEX/NEAQS (International Consortium on Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation)/Intercontinental Transport Experiment/New England Air Quality Study. In IONS (INTEX Ozonesonde Network Study), more than 250 soundings, with daily frequency at half the sites, were launched from eleven North American stations and an oceanographic ship in the Gulf of Maine. Although the goal was to examine pollution influences under stable high-pressure systems and transport associated with "warm conveyor belt" flows, the INTEX study region was dominated by a series of weak frontal system that mixed aged pollution with stratospheric ozone in the middle troposphere. Deconvoluting ozone sources provides new insights into ozone in the transition between mid-latitude and polar air. |
| NASA分類 | Meteorology and Climatology |
| 権利 | Copyright |
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