Abstract

Abstract The TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer) flown on the Nimbus-7 satellite has been measuring the total ozone concentration over the globe since November 1978. Recent investigations based on TOMS data have shown that in the latitude belt 40–70° N the spring ozone depletion rate reaches the value of —0·8 per cent per year. This paper reports trends derived from the TOMS reprocessed total ozone data for the case of Dundee (56·5°N, 3°W) from January 1979 to January 1992. The depletion rate of the mean monthly total ozone concentration over this 13-year period shows a strong variation from more than —15 per cent in December and January to about +0·5 per cent in February and June, while the overall mean is about —7 per cent.

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