Cover: Ozone Observations (IMAGE)

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Cover: Ozone Observations

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This is an Antarctic ozone hole false color image for Oct. 5, 2016, with overlays of South Pole ozone vertical profile for the same day (white line) and a photo of the South Pole balloon inflation facility with the aurora australis in the background (photo credit: Patrick Cullis). The ozone-sonde profile shows nearly complete ozone depletion in the 14-21 km layer. Profiles are from the NOAA/GMD monitoring program. The total ozone image is from the Ozone Mapping & Profiler Suite instrument aboard the joint NOAA/NASA Suomi satellite. Image colors indicate total ozone column levels with dark blue values showing the ozone hole depleted region.

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Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

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