First published on 10th December 2003
United Nations Environment Programme, Environmental Effects Assessment Panel†
Since the first assessments in 1989, the complexity of the linkages between ozone depletion, UV-B radiation and climate change has become more apparent. This makes it even clearer than before that we are dealing with long-term developments, which can be complicated by large year to year variabilities (Fig. 1 and 2).
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Fig. 1 The Antarctic ozone hole area (area with O3 < 220 DU) for 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 to date, compared with a 1978–2000 climatology. These calculations are based on the NIWA assimilated total column ozone database.1 |
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Fig. 2 The southern hemisphere total column ozone distribution on 17 September 2003. Data are from the Earth Probe TOMS instrument and graphics are by NIWA. |
Footnote |
† List of contributing authors in alphabetical order: Anthony Andrady, Pieter J. Aucamp, Alkiviadis F. Bais, Carlos L. Ballaré, Lars Olof Björn, Janet F. Bornman, Martyn Caldwell, Anthony P. Cullen, David J. Erickson, Frank R. de Gruijl, Donat-P. Häder, Mohammad Ilyas, G. Kulandaivelu, H.D. Kumar, Janice Longstreth, Richard L. McKenzie, Mary Norval, Halim Hamid Redhwi, Raymond C. Smith, Keith R. Solomon, Yukio Takizawa, Xiaoyan Tang, Alan H. Teramura, Ayako Torikai, Jan C. van der Leun, Stephen Wilson, Robert C. Worrest and Richard G. Zepp. |
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