Investigating changes in global distribution of Ozone in 2018 using [formula omitted]-means clustering algorithm

Abstract

Ozone is an active gas in the atmosphere. Its content is quite low, but it plays an important role in protecting the health of human beings and other living things on earth. Ozone circulates in the atmosphere, and its total distribution and variation trend are related to geographical position. In this paper, we collected global Ozone tendency data and investigated the changes in global distribution of Ozone in 2018 using k-means clustering algorithm. We observed that (1) the global Ozone tendency can be broadly divided into four regions; (2) the data with a large variation range of total Ozone tendency is mainly concentrated near the sea–land boundary, and their distribution is similar to the coastline contour to some extent; (3) after clustering, the concentration area of the data with great changes in the total Ozone tendency is roughly x-shaped distribution, and the acute angle between the data and the latitude line is between 25° and 45°. Our findings can contribute to a clearer understanding and analysis of the tendency of global Ozone change and help mitigate the Ozone hole problem in different regions.