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Title: Empirical linkages between Arctic sea ice extents and northern hemisphere, mid-latitude column ozone levels

Journal Article · · Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/92GL03005· OSTI ID:7066191

Statistically significant correlations are demonstrated between annual mean column ozone data collected at mid-latitude sites and mean annual and winter sea ice extents east of Greenland and in the Barents and Kara Seas. These results are discussed with reference to the locations of the correlated parameters relative to the Basic Pattern of stratosphere-solar flux correlations. Possibilities for underlying linkage mechanisms are considered and related to recent decreasing hemispheric ozone level trends. 19 refs., 2 figs., 2 tabs.

OSTI ID:
7066191
Journal Information:
Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union); (United States), Vol. 20:1; ISSN 0094-8276
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English