Earth ID: 2275

Antarctic Ozone from TOMS: July 15, 2001 to October 9, 2001

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on October 3, 2001

Satellite data show the area of this year's Antarctic ozone hole peaked at about 26 million square kilometers — roughly the size of North America — making the hole similar in size to those of the past three years, according to scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Researchers have observed a leveling-off of the hole size and predict a slow recovery.

An animation of the stratospheric ozone hole over Antarctica, as measured by Earth Probe TOMS from July 15, 2001 through October 9, 2001. Red and yellow denote regions of high ozone and dark blue denotes regions of low ozone.

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Paul Newman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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Data Used:

Earth Probe/TOMS/Total Ozone

2001/07/15-2001/10/09

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Dates of Data Used:
2001/07/15-2001/10/09

This item is part of this series:
Stratospheric Ozone

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Dobson Units
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Chemistry/Oxygen Compounds >> Ozone
GCMD >> Location >> Stratosphere
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0