A study of the latitudinal dependence of the quasi-biennial oscillation in Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer total ozone

E. Echer; F. L. Guarnieri; N. R. Rigozo; L. E. A. Vieira

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v56i5.14469

A study of the latitudinal dependence of the quasi-biennial oscillation in Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer total ozone

Tellus

Volume 56 (2004): Issue 5

By: E. Echer, F. L. Guarnieri, N. R. Rigozo and L. E. A. Vieira

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|Jan 2004

Abstract

A wavelet multiresolution analysis of the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) latitudinal structure in total ozone is performed for the period 1979–1992 (Nimbus-7 TOMS data). It has been found that ozone is nearly in phase with the QBO signal in the equatorial region (0°—5° and 5°—10°), and it is out of phase (lag ~ +15 and —15 months in north and south) in the 10°—15° to 55°—60° latitudinal bands. The cross-correlation coefficient between total ozone and zonal wind index is high (>0.7) at latitudes lower than 10°, decreases in the transition region 10°—15° (r ~ 0.4) and it has a non-linear profile at high latitudes, with a maximum near the 25°—30° band. The correlation is observed to be higher in the Southern Hemisphere latitudinal bands. Spectral analysis was performed for each latitudinal range, and QBO period and amplitude profiles were obtained. A detailed latitudinal profile of the QBO signal in total ozone is obtained from the present analysis.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v56i5.14469 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Submitted on: Oct 21, 2003

Accepted on: May 19, 2004

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