Total ozone trends from 1979 to 2016 derived from five merged observational datasets – the emergence into ozone recovery

Weber, Mark; Coldewey-Egbers, Melanie; Fioletov, Vitali E.; Frith, Stacey M.; Wild, Jeannette D.; Burrows, John P.; Long, Craig S.; Loyola, Diego

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2097-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2097-2018

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14 Feb 2018

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Total ozone trends from 1979 to 2016 derived from five merged observational datasets – the emergence into ozone recovery

Mark Weber, Melanie Coldewey-Egbers, Vitali E. Fioletov, Stacey M. Frith, Jeannette D. Wild, John P. Burrows, Craig S. Long, and Diego Loyola

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RC1: 'Review of the paper by Weber et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Oct 2017
RC2: 'Review for acp-2017-853', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Oct 2017
AC1: 'Replies to Reviewer's #1 and #2', Mark Weber, 08 Jan 2018

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This paper commemorates the 30-year anniversary of the initial signing of the Montreal Protocol (MP) on substances that deplete the ozone layer. The MP is so far successful in reducing ozone-depleting substances, and total ozone decline was successfully stopped by the late 1990s. Total ozone levels have been mostly stable since then. In some regions, barely significant upward trends are observed that suggest an emergence into the expected ozone recovery phase.