Aura/OMI Ozone Hole from September 12, 2004 to November 15, 2004 with Polar Vortex Demarcation
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- Visualizations by:
- Lori Perkins
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This animation shows the ozone layer blocking harmful UV radiation from the Earth's surface. The hole in the ozone is seen in purple. The location, size, and shape of the polar vortex is derived from potential vorticity data, PV. The PV, shown in white at 550 degrees Kelvin, is an atmospheric regional event that isolates polar air from the air at lower latitudes, producing conditions favorable for wintertime polar ozone depletion. The animation shows that most of the low-temperature and chemically-perturbed region is confined within the polar vortex during the Antarctic winter.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (KBRwyle)
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Scientists
- Anne Douglass (NASA/GSFC)
- Ernest Hilsenrath (NASA/GSFC)
- Mark Schoeberl (NASA/GSFC)
- Michelle Santee (NASA/JPL CalTech)
Missions
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This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
Aura (Collected with the OMI sensor)
Aura Potential Vorticity (Collected with the MLS sensor)
Derived by folks at JPL, not publicly available
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