Vol. 30, issue 01, article # 2

Nikiforova M. P., Zvyagintsev A. M., Vargin P. N., Ivanova N. S., Lukyanov A. N., Kuznetsova I. N. Extremely low total ozone values over the northern Ural and Siberia in the end of January 2016. // Optika Atmosfery i Okeana. 2017. V. 30. No. 01. P. 12-19. DOI: 10.15372/AOO20170102 [in Russian].
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Abstract:

During the last week of January 2016 total ozone values ca. 200 DU was detected over the northern Ural and Siberia. Such phenomena was classified as ozone “mini-hole”. There was the first time during all the monitoring period since 1970 when ozone “mini-hole” formed here in the first half of the year. Possible causes and factors of extremely low ozone values initiation during the winter 2016 in comparison to other Arctic winters with sufficient ozone losses were analyzed. A primary role of dynamic processes in ozone anomaly formation in January 2016 was shown. The assumption was made that the greater negative ozone anomalies are likely to appear over Arctic in future.

Keywords:

ozone “mini-hole”, ozone layer changes, stratospheric polar vortex, middle atmosphere dynamics

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