diff -r 02ab6e6a2bb6 -r c03d9beb0451 templates/en/rst/ozoneloss.rst --- a/templates/en/rst/ozoneloss.rst Mon Feb 03 20:50:40 2025 +0100 +++ b/templates/en/rst/ozoneloss.rst Tue Feb 04 16:30:54 2025 +0100 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Shown here is the chemical ozone loss in northern winter as well its effects on mid latitudes in Europe. For example, in winter 2010/2011 there was a very high ozone depletion in the area of the Arctic polar -vortex. In the frame of the `Knowledge Platform "Earth and Environment" (ESKP)`_ +vortex. Here the effects this ozone loss at mid latitudes are explained and documented on a daily basis. An early warning system for such events is thus established. The basis is simulations with the Jülich @@ -30,12 +30,15 @@ the Antarctic despite ozone depletion, so that in the Arctic spring there is so far at most a moderate UV radiation at the ground. -Current -------- -**The current winter of 2023/2024** shows low stratospheric -temperatures in December and another period with medium to low -temperatures at the end of February/beginning of March. Thus there was -moderate ozone depletion, calculated to be around 70 DU. +This page was developed In the frame of the `Knowledge Platform "Earth and Environment" (ESKP)`_ . This programm ceased in 2020, but this page isstill continued. +Current +-------- + +**The current winter of 2024/2025** shows specifically low +stratospheric temperatures, especially record low temperatures in +early February. A significant Arctic ozone loss is therefore possible +with later consequences on mid-latitudes. Previous years -------------- @@ -76,9 +79,11 @@ ozone column (top) and ozone loss (bottom) for March 28, 2011. Shown is the total column between 12 and 22 km altitude in Dobson Units (DU). -.. _Calculations of ozone loss: /ozoneloss/clams/2020 -.. _Estimates from temperature: /ozoneloss/vpsc/2020 +.. _Calculations of ozone loss: /ozoneloss/clams/2025 +.. _Estimates from temperature: /ozoneloss/vpsc/2025 .. _UV increase: /ozoneloss/uvi -.. _Map display: /ozoneloss/uvmap/200119 +.. _Map display: /ozoneloss/uvmap/250203 .. _Knowledge Platform "Earth and Environment" (ESKP): /eskp .. _CLaMS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLaMS +.. _1: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033339 +.. _2: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1944-8007.ARCTICSPV