Earth  ID: 835

TOMS Data Showing the Ozone Hole over Antarctica (8/20/92 - 10/19/92)

Visualizations by Jesse Allen Released on April 9, 1999
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TOMS Ozone over Antarctica from 8-20-92 to 10-19-92. The ozone hole is indicated in shades of blue. The missing data region over the south pole is due to the inability of the TOMS instrument to measure data during the polar night.
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TOMS data showing ozone hole over Antarctica".

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Jesse Allen (Raytheon): Lead Animator
Mark Schoeberl (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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Data Used:
Meteor-3/TOMS
1992/8/20-1992/10/19
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Nimbus-7/TOMS
1992/8/20-1992/10/19
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UARS

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Chemistry/Oxygen Compounds >> Ozone
GCMD >> Location >> Antarctica
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