Technical note: Intermittent reduction of the stratospheric ozone over northern Europe caused by a storm in the Atlantic Ocean

Sofiev, Mikhail; Kouznetsov, Rostislav; Hänninen, Risto; Sofieva, Viktoria F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1839-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1839-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1839-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 20, issue 3

Technical note

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17 Feb 2020

Technical note |

| 17 Feb 2020

Technical note: Intermittent reduction of the stratospheric ozone over northern Europe caused by a storm in the Atlantic Ocean

Mikhail Sofiev, Rostislav Kouznetsov, Risto Hänninen, and Viktoria F. Sofieva

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RC1: 'Review of the Sofiev et al. 2019', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Review of Technical Note by Mikhail Sofiev et al. 2019', Anonymous Referee #3, 01 Oct 2019
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An episode of anomalously low ozone concentrations in the stratosphere over northern Europe occurred on 3–5 November 2018. The 30 % reduction of the ozone layer was predicted by the global chemistry-transport model of the Finnish Meteorological Institute driven by weather forecasts of ECMWF. The reduction was subsequently observed by ozone monitoring satellites. The episode was caused by a storm in the northern Atlantic, which uplifted air from the troposphere to stratosphere.