Earth  ID: 2573

Antarctic Ozone from TOMS: August 15, 2002, to September 29, 2002

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on September 30, 2002
Scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have confirmed the ozone hole over the Antarctic this September is not only much smaller than it was in 2000 and 2001, but has split into two separate "holes"
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An animation of the stratospheric ozone hole over Antarctica, as measured by Earth Probe TOMS from August 15, 2002, to September 29, 2002. Red and yellow denote regions of high ozone and dark blue denotes regions of low ozone.
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Stratospheric ozone for September 24, 2002
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Stratospheric ozone for September 29, 2002

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Paul Newman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Data Used:
Earth Probe/TOMS/Total Ozone
08/15/2002 to 09/29/2002
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Dates of Data Used:
08/15/2002 to 09/29/2002

This item is part of this series:
TOMS Ozone

Goddard TV Tapes:
G2002-076
G2008-042HD -- HD Fires, Ozone, and Air Quality RT

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Chemistry/Oxygen Compounds >> Ozone
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