ATMOSPHERIC OZONE
Atmospheric Ozone is one of the most important trace gases in our atmosphere that both benefits and harms life on Earth. High ground-level ozone amounts contribute to poor air quality, adversely affecting human health, agricultural productivity, and forested ecosystems. Ozone absorbs infrared radiation, and is most potent as a greenhouse gas in the cold upper troposphere located 8–15 km above the surface. In the stratosphere, between approximately 15 and 50 km above the Earth’s surface, a layer rich in ozone serves as a “sunscreen” for the world by shielding the Earth’s surface from harmful ultraviolet radiation. This absorption of solar energy also affects atmospheric circulation patterns and thus influences weather around the globe. Moreover, throughout the atmosphere, ozone is the key ingredient that initiates chemical cleansing of the atmosphere of various pollutants, such as carbon monoxide and methane, among others, which could otherwise accumulate to harmful levels or exert a stronger influence on climate. Therefore, changes to ozone anywhere in the atmosphere can have major impacts on the Earth.
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- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate change monitoring (e.g. ERA-5, C3S, IGAC-TOAR); Chemistry-Climate Model assessment (e.g. GAC/SPARC-CCMI). (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate change monitoring (e.g. ERA-5, C3S, IGAC-TOAR); Chemistry-Climate Model assessment (e.g. GAC/SPARC-CCMI). (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate change monitoring (e.g. ERA-5, C3S, IGAC-TOAR); Chemistry-Climate Model assessment (e.g. GAC/SPARC-CCMI). (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate change monitoring (e.g. ERA-5, C3S, IGAC-TOAR); Chemistry-Climate Model assessment (e.g. GAC/SPARC-CCMI). (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate change monitoring (e.g. ERA-5, C3S, IGAC-TOAR); Chemistry-Climate Model assessment (e.g. GAC/SPARC-CCMI). (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate change monitoring (e.g. ERA-5, C3S, IGAC-TOAR); Chemistry-Climate Model assessment (e.g. GAC/SPARC-CCMI). (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate change monitoring (e.g. ERA-5, C3S, IGAC-TOAR); Chemistry-Climate Model assessment (e.g. GAC/SPARC-CCMI). (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate change monitoring (e.g. ERA-5, C3S, IGAC-TOAR); Chemistry-Climate Model assessment (e.g. GAC/SPARC-CCMI). (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate change monitoring (e.g. ERA-5, C3S, IGAC-TOAR); Chemistry-Climate Model assessment (e.g. GAC/SPARC-CCMI). (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate change monitoring (e.g. ERA-5, C3S, IGAC-TOAR); Chemistry-Climate Model assessment (e.g. GAC/SPARC-CCMI). (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Ozone monitoring (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Ozone monitoring (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Ozone monitoring, Aviation security forecasting (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Ozone monitoring, Aviation security forecasting (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Ozone precursor monitoring, Air quality (0) (child)
- CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Ozone precursor monitoring, Air quality (0) (child)
- ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Ozone CCI): ACE Level 3 Limb Ozone Monthly Zonal Mean (MZM) Profiles, Version 1 (8) (child)
- ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Ozone CCI): GOMOS Level 3 Limb Ozone Monthly Zonal Mean (MZM) Profiles, Version 1 (11) (child)
- ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Ozone CCI): Level 3 Nadir Ozone Profile Merged Data Product, version 2 (37) (child)
- ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Ozone CCI): Level 3 Total Ozone Merged Data Product, version 01 (187) (child)
- ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Ozone CCI): MIPAS Level 3 Limb Ozone Monthly Zonal Mean (MZM) Profiles, Version 1 (8) (child)
- ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Ozone CCI): Merged Level 3 Limb Ozone Monthly Zonal Mean (MZM) Profiles, Version 2 (25) (child)
- ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Ozone CCI): Merged Level 3 Limb Ozone Semi-Monthly Mean Profiles, Version 2 (3) (child)
- ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Ozone CCI): ODIN/SMR (544.6 GHz) Level 3 Limb Ozone Monthly Zonal Mean (MZM) Profiles, Version 1 (14) (child)
- ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Ozone CCI): ODIN/SMR Level 3 Limb Ozone Monthly Zonal Mean (MZM) Profiles, Version 1 (13) (child)
- ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Ozone CCI): OSIRIS Level 3 Limb Ozone Monthly Zonal Mean (MZM) Profiles, Version 1 (13) (child)
- ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Ozone CCI): SCIAMACHY Level 3 Limb Ozone Monthly Zonal Mean (MZM) Profiles, Version 1 (11) (child)
- ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Ozone_cci): MErged GRIdded Dataset of Ozone Profiles (MEGRIDOP), v0001 (0) (child)
- ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Ozone_cci): Merged SAGE II, Ozone_cci and OMPS-LP dataset of ozone profiles, v0002 (0) (child)
- GOME-2 Level 2 Total Ozone Reprocessing (R1). CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Ozone monitoring (0) (child)
- METOP GOME-2 - Ozone (O3) - Global (0) (child)
- Multi Sensor Reanalysis of total ozone, version 2. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate research, ozone monitoring. (0) (child)
- NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Zonal Mean Ozone Binary Database of Profiles (BDBP), version 1.0. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Montreal Protocol-Ozone Hole Analysis Model Initialization and Validation Health Impact Assessments ... (0) (child)