期刊
ATMOSPHERE
卷 12, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/atmos12050582
关键词
Arctic ozone; QBO; 11-year solar cycle; sudden stratospheric warming; chemistry-climate model
资金
- Ministry of the Environment, Japan [2-1303, JPMEERF20172009]
- GRENE Arctic Climate Change Research Project, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) of Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI [JP16K16186, JP16H01183, JP19K03961, JP20K12155, JP20H01977]
Arctic spring ozone levels are related to the quasi-biennial oscillation and the 11-year solar cycle. Lower ozone levels in the Arctic during QBO-W/S-min years are associated with a stronger Arctic polar vortex, which is linked to reduced sudden stratospheric warming events in winter.
Arctic ozone amount in winter to spring shows large year-to-year variation. This study investigates Arctic spring ozone in relation to the phase of quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO)/the 11-year solar cycle, using satellite observations, reanalysis data, and outputs of a chemistry climate model (CCM) during the period of 1979-2017. For this duration, we found that the composite mean of the Northern Hemisphere high-latitude total ozone in the QBO-westerly (QBO-W)/solar minimum (S-min) phase is slightly smaller than those averaged for the QBO-W/S-max and QBO-E/S-max years in March. An analysis of a passive ozone tracer in the CCM simulation indicates that this negative anomaly is primarily caused by transport. The negative anomaly is consistent with a weakening of the residual mean downward motion in the polar lower stratosphere. The contribution of chemical processes estimated using the column amount difference between ozone and the passive ozone tracer is between 10-20% of the total anomaly in March. The lower ozone levels in the Arctic spring during the QBO-W/S-min years are associated with a stronger Arctic polar vortex from late winter to early spring, which is linked to the reduced occurrence of sudden stratospheric warming in the winter during the QBO-W/S-min years.
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