Stratospheric Ozone: In Situ and Remote Sensing Observation
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Meteorology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 7479
Special Issue Editors
Interests: atmospheric composition; UTLS; ultra-fine particles; UAV
Interests: Earth system observation; remote sensing; atmospheric radiative transfer; data fusion
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Dear Colleagues,
The stratospheric ozone layer protects the Earth against harmful solar UV radiation and contributes to maintaining the vertical structure of temperature in the Earth’s atmosphere.
It plays a fundamental role in both terrestrial ecosystem and global climate. The study of the stratospheric ozone started in the early 20th century and intensified after the discovery of the “Ozone hole” over Antarctica and of an ozone depletion trend over large areas of our planet in the 1980s.
The phasing-out of ozone-depleting substances with the Montreal Protocol and subsequent amendments started the process of gradual recovery to pre-1980 stratospheric ozone levels. Direct evidence of the weakening of ozone depletion associated with the decline of chlorine species in the Antarctic stratosphere is now available from space-borne observations.
Nonetheless, interactions of chemistry and climate, coupled with atmospheric dynamical and radiative processes, greenhouse gases, and unregulated ozone-destroying emissions, can alter in a substantial manner the rate of ozone recovery. Accurate and continuous monitoring of stratospheric ozone on the global scale remains, therefore, a priority task.
The topics of this Special Issue are related to stratospheric ozone and ozone-related species, with special emphasis on measurement, including:
- Observations of ozone vertical profile and column by means of remote sensing and in situ sensors from ground-based stations and airborne and spaceborne platforms
- Response of stratospheric ozone to atmospheric dynamical processes
- Impact of chemistry–climate interaction processes on stratospheric ozone
- Effects of GHG and unregulated ozone-destroying emissions on ozone layer recovery
- Stratospheric ozone, solar radiation, and their impact on ecosystems
- Sensors and instrumentation for measuring stratospheric ozone and related parameters
Dr. Fabrizio Ravegnani
Dr. Ugo Cortesi
Dr. Boyan Petkov
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- stratospheric ozone
- atmospheric chemistry
- ozone depletion
- ozone-depleting substances
- solar UV radiation
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