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Influence of Ozone Miniholes over Russian Territories in May 2021 and March 2022 on UV Radiation Revealed in Satellite Observations and Simulation

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Data from the AIRS satellite infrared spectrometer and NCEP reanalysis are used to study the formation of the ozone miniholes (OMHs) and their influence on the levels of UV radiation (UVR) from May 22 to 24, 2021, in the middle and southern parts of the Volga region and the south of Urals and Western Siberia, and from March 16 to 18, 2022, in the northwest of the European Russia. These OMHs form due to the anticyclone-caused tropopause rise and the transport of ozone-depleted air masses from the subtropics. In the former period, in the OMH region with negative total ozone (TO) anomalies up to ~20% of the average values over 2003 to 2021, the positive UVR anomalies attained 40–60%, and the UV index increased from ~6 to ~8. In the latter period, in the OMH region with negative TO anomalies up to ~ −40%, the positive UVR anomalies attained 40–60%, and the UV index increased from ~1 to ~2. The UVR flux calculations with an original radiation model confirmed the UVR increase in the OMH region revealed using satellite observations.

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Analysis of meteorological conditions was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 19-17-0024); study of ozone minihole formation was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 20-55-14 003).

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Vargin, P.N., Fomin, B.A. & Semenov, V.A. Influence of Ozone Miniholes over Russian Territories in May 2021 and March 2022 on UV Radiation Revealed in Satellite Observations and Simulation. Atmos Ocean Opt 36, 578–589 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856023050172

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