Polar Vortex (WMS)
The polar vortex is an atmospheric regional event that isolates polar air from the air at temperate latitudes, producing conditions favorable for wintertime polar ozone depletion and other chemical perturbations. The location, size, and shape of the polar vortex is derived from potential vorticity (PV) data.
This animation shows a flat map version of the southern polar vortex at 550 degrees Kelvin during part of 2004.
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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
- Eric Sokolowsky (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientists
- Mark Schoeberl (NASA/GSFC)
- Ernest Hilsenrath (NASA/GSFC)
- Anne Douglass (NASA/GSFC)
- Michelle Santee (NASA/JPL CalTech)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, February 1, 2005.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.
Missions
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Potential Vorticity [Aura: MLS]
ID: 261Derived by folks at JPL, not publicly available
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