Articles | Volume 21, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-617-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-617-2021
Research article
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18 Jan 2021
Research article |  | 18 Jan 2021

Record low ozone values over the Arctic in boreal spring 2020

Martin Dameris, Diego G. Loyola, Matthias Nützel, Melanie Coldewey-Egbers, Christophe Lerot, Fabian Romahn, and Michel van Roozendael

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AR by Martin Dameris on behalf of the Authors (19 Oct 2020)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Oct 2020) by Farahnaz Khosrawi
RR by Ingo Wohltmann (01 Nov 2020)
RR by Gloria Manney (04 Nov 2020)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Nov 2020) by Farahnaz Khosrawi
AR by Martin Dameris on behalf of the Authors (13 Nov 2020)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Nov 2020) by Farahnaz Khosrawi
AR by Martin Dameris on behalf of the Authors (25 Nov 2020)  Manuscript 
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Record low ozone values were observed in March 2020. Dynamical and chemical circumstances leading to low ozone values in spring 2020 are discussed and are compared to similar dynamical conditions in the Northern Hemisphere in 1996/1997 and 2010/2011. 2019/2020 showed an unusual persistent polar vortex with low stratospheric temperatures, which were permanently below 195 K at 50 hPa. This enabled enhanced formation of polar stratospheric clouds and a subsequent clear reduction of total ozone.
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