Document Type

Article

Publication Date

July 2000

Publication Title

Geophysical Research Letters

Volume

27

Issue Number

13

First Page

1907

Last Page

1910

DOI

10.1029/1999GL010891

Disciplines

Atmospheric Sciences | Climate | Meteorology

Abstract

The effects of planetary wave breaking on the seasonal variation of total column ozone are investigated using a zonally averaged chemical-radiative-transport model of the atmosphere. The planetary wave breaking effects of zonal wavenumbers k=1 and k=2 are significant in the middle latitude stratosphere during Northern Hemisphere (NH) winter, whereas only wave k=1 is important during Southern Hemisphere (SH) winter. The mixing and induced meridional circulation due to the planetary wave breaking increases the seasonal variation of total column ozone in NH (SH) middle latitudes by ∼20% (∼10%).

Comments

This article originally appeared in Geophysical Research Letters in Volume 27, Issue 13 and can be found online at this link.

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