通过风形雷达检测平流层臭氧的入侵
W K Hocking1, T Carey-Smith, D W Tarasick
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7 Canada. whocking@uwo.ca
Nature
|November 13, 2007
概括
通过使用风形状雷达和臭氧探测器数据,确定了平流层臭氧侵入热带层的情况. 热带期的快速高度变化有效地诊断这些事件,影响地面层臭氧.
科学领域:
- 大气科学 大气科学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 臭氧层研究 臭氧层研究
背景情况:
- 平流层臭氧保护生物圈免受紫外线辐射,并影响热层化学.
- 热带层臭氧是一种污染物,破坏生态系统和人类健康,并充当温室气体.
- 臭氧的平流层-热层传输对热层臭氧预算和趋势至关重要,但入侵事件仍然不明朗.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用新的遥感技术,调查平流层臭氧侵入热层.
- 确定可靠的诊断方法,以预测从平流层到热层的臭氧运输.
- 提高对臭氧在热层化学和气候中的作用的理解.
主要方法:
- 采用现代风力分析雷达,每小时监测热带期的高度.
- 将雷达数据与频繁的臭氧和气球发射相结合,以进行详细的大气分析.
- 在入侵事件期间分析了臭氧密度变化和分散模式.
主要成果:
- 确定了许多平流层臭氧入加拿大东南部的热带层.
- 观察到臭氧分散在几公里或达到地面水平,显著影响当地臭氧度.
- 发现,雷达衍生的热带高度的快速变化先行并诊断这些入侵事件.
结论:
- 风形状雷达数据与臭氧探测测量相结合,有效地追踪平流层臭氧入侵.
- 热带期高度的变化是对臭氧入侵事件的有价值的早期预警.
- 平流层臭氧显著影响了热层臭氧水平和可变性,凸显了平流层-热层运输的重要性.
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