Earth ID: 3136

Antarctic Ozone Sequence 1996 through 2004

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on July 24, 2005

This animation shows total ozone in the Antarctic region along with the maximum ozone depth and size since the earliest measurements of the TOMS instrument on the Earth Probe satellite. This animation was created for an exhibit at the Smithsonium Museum.

The TOMS instrument on the Earth Probe spacecraft has recorded daily ozone values from July 25, 1996. Areas of red show the highest concentration of ozone measured in dobson units, DU. Areas of purple indicate the lowest concentration, commonly known as the ozone hole. The top plot shows the amount of ozone concentration measured in DU. The bottom plot shows the spatial area in Millions of Kilometers, MKm, of the ozone hole.

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Paul Newman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Ernest Hilsenrath (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Data Used:
Earth Probe/TOMS/Ozone 1996/7/26 - 2004/12/31
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.

Dates of Data Used:
1996/7/26 - 2004/12/31

This item is part of this series:
Ozone

Keywords:
SVS >> Antarctic
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Ozone Hole
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