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Variability of the Antarctic Ozone Anomaly in 2011–2018

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The variability of parameters of the Antarctic ozone anomaly is studied using data of the TOMS/OMI satellite monitoring of the ozone layer, MERRA-2 reanalysis, and balloon sounding of the vertical distribution of ozone and temperature at the South Pole. The dynamic processes in the Antarctic stratosphere which define conditions for the significant ozone layer destruction are analyzed. Despite the decrease in the concentration of ozone-depleting substances, the significant ozone loss in the recent 8 years was observed in the Antarctic in 2011 and 2015.

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The authors thank the specialists and organizations whose open observational data were used in the present study and are grateful to the reviewer for useful remarks.

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The research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant 19-05-00370).

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    P. N. Vargin

  2. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, pr. Akademika Vernadskogo 4, Simferopol, 295007, Russia

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Vargin, P.N., Nikiforova, M.P. & Zvyagintsev, A.M. Variability of the Antarctic Ozone Anomaly in 2011–2018. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 45, 63–73 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373920020016

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