Technical note: LIMS observations of lower stratospheric ozone in the southern polar springtime of 1978

Remsberg, Ellis; Harvey, V. Lynn; Krueger, Arlin; Gordley, Larry; Gille, John C.; Russell III, James M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3663-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3663-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3663-2020

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Technical note: LIMS observations of lower stratospheric ozone in the southern polar springtime of 1978

Ellis Remsberg, V. Lynn Harvey, Arlin Krueger, Larry Gordley, John C. Gille, and James M. Russell III

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Final revised paper (published on 26 Mar 2020)
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RC1: 'Review of "LIMS observations of lower stratospheric ozone in the southern po1ar springtime of 1978" by Remsberg et al.; Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Jan 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee 1', Ellis Remsberg, 13 Jan 2020
RC2: 'Interesting analysis', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Jan 2020

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AR by Ellis Remsberg on behalf of the Authors (11 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (26 Feb 2020) by Rolf Müller

AR by Ellis Remsberg on behalf of the Authors (27 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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The Nimbus 7 limb infrared monitor of the stratosphere (LIMS) instrument operated from October 25, 1978, through May 28, 1979. This note focuses on the lower stratosphere of the southern hemisphere, subpolar regions in relation to the position of the polar vortex. Both LIMS ozone and nitric acid show reductions within the edge of the polar vortex at 46 hPa near 60° S from late October through mid-November 1978, indicating that there was a chemical loss of Antarctic ozone some weeks earlier.