Boundary-layer ozone depletion as seen in the Norwegian Arctic in spring |
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| Authors: | Sverre Solberg Norbert Schmidbauer Arne Semb Frode Stordal Øystein Hov |
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| Institution: | (1) Norwegian Institute for Air Research, P.O. Box 100, N-2007 Kjeller, Norway;(2) Department of Geophysics, University of Bergen, Allégt. 70, N-5007 Bergen, Norway |
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| Abstract: | Several years of measurements of ozone, hydrocarbons, sulphate and meteorological parameters from Spitsbergen in the Norwegian Arctic are presented. Most of the measurements were taken on the Zeppelin Mountain at an altitude of 474 m a.s.l. The focus is the episodes of ozone depletion in the lower troposphere in spring, which are studied in a climatological way. Episodes of very low ozone concentrations are a common feature on the Zeppelin Mountain in spring. The low ozone episodes were observed from late March to the beginning of June. When the effect of transport direction was subtracted, the frequenty of the low ozone episodes was found to peak in the beginning of May, possibly reflecting the seasonal cycle in the actual depletion process. Analyses based on trajectory calculations show that most of the episodes occurred when the air masses were transported from W-N. Ozone soundings show that the ozone depletion may extend from the surface and up to 3–4 km altitude. The episodes were associated with a cold boundary layer beneath a thermally stable layer, suppressing mixing with the free troposphere. The concentration of several individual hydrocarbons was much lower during episodes of low ozone than for the average conditions. The change in concentration ratio between the hydrocarbons was in qualitative agreement with oxidation of hydrocarbons by Br and Cl atoms rather than by OH radicals. |
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| Keywords: | tropospheric ozone Arctic hydrocarbons halogens |
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