Observation of near-zero ozone concentrations in the upper troposphere at mid-latitudes

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Measurements by an ECC ozonesonde launched from Aberystwyth (52.4°N, -4.1°E) in July show ozone concentrations decreasing steadily from a warm frontal surface to the tropopause, cumulating in a layer ~0.5 km deep with near-zero ozone concentratons at 12 km. Such features have previously been detected by lidar but have not been reported in ozondesonde data at mid-latitudes: they have, however, been found in ozonesonde profiles above the equatorial Pacific. We examine three possible hypotheses for the origin of the ozone-free air: in situ destruction by cirrus clouds, rapid transport from the marine boundary layer in the extratropics and long-range transport from the tropics. We conclude that the ozone-poor air observed on this day could only have resulted from long-range transport from the tropics.

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Davies, W. E., Vaughan, G., & O’Connor, F. M. (1998). Observation of near-zero ozone concentrations in the upper troposphere at mid-latitudes. Geophysical Research Letters, 25(8), 1173–1176. https://doi.org/10.1029/98GL00909

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