Temporal variability of tropospheric ozone and ozone profiles in the Korean Peninsula during the East Asian summer monsoon: insights from multiple  measurements and reanalysis datasets

Bak, Juseon; Song, Eun-Ji; Lee, Hyo-Jung; Liu, Xiong; Koo, Ja-Ho; Kim, Joowan; Jeon, Wonbae; Kim, Jae-Hwan; Kim, Cheol-Hee

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-14177-2022

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Temporal variability of tropospheric ozone and ozone profiles in the Korean Peninsula during the East Asian summer monsoon: insights from multiple measurements and reanalysis datasets

Juseon Bak, Eun-Ji Song, Hyo-Jung Lee, Xiong Liu, Ja-Ho Koo, Joowan Kim, Wonbae Jeon, Jae-Hwan Kim, and Cheol-Hee Kim

Data sets

MLS/Aura Level 2 Ozone (O3) Mixing Ratio V004 M. Schwartz, L. Froidevaux, N. Livesey, and W. Read https://doi.org/10.5067/Aura/MLS/DATA2017

MERRA-2 instM_3d_asm_Np: 3d, Monthly mean, Instantaneous, Pressure-Level, Assimilation, Assimilated Meteorological Fields V5.12.4 GMAO - Global Modeling and Assimilation Office https://doi.org/10.5067/2E096JV59PK7

AirKorea NIER - National Institute of Environmental Research https://www.airkorea.or.kr/web/pastSearch?pMENU_NO=123

ASOS Korea Meteorological Administration https://data.kma.go.kr/data/grnd/selectAsosRltmList.do?pgmNo=36

Ozonesonde WOUDC - World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre https://doi.org/10.14287/10000008

Short summary

Our study investigates the temporal variations of ozone profiles at Pohang in the Korean Peninsula from multiple ozone products. We discuss the quantitative relationships between daily surface measurements and key meteorological variables, different seasonality of ozone between the troposphere and stratosphere, and interannual changes in the lower tropospheric ozone, linked by the weather pattern driven by the East Asian summer monsoon.