The Microwave Monitoring of the Middle Atmosphere Ozone on Kola Peninsula During Last Three Winters

Abstract

This work presents long-term investigation of a nature of the middle atmosphere ozone variability using a method ground-based microwave radiometry. Measurements were carried out with the help of mobile microwave ozonemeter (observation frequency 110836.04 MHz) which was established in Polar Geophysical Institute at Apatity (67N, 33E). The parameters of the device allow to measure a spectrum of the emission ozone line for time about 15 min with a precision of ~ 2%. The error of estimating the vertical distribution of ozone on the measured spectra by above described device does not exceed 10-15%. On the measured spectra were appreciated of ozone vertical profiles in the layer of 22 – 60 km which were compared to satellite data MLS/Aura and with the data of ozonesondes at station Sodankyla (67N, 27E). The analysis of the microwave data on behavior of polar mesospheric ozone in past winters shows, that sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) can cause significant and long influence on its diurnal variation which should be determined by photochemical processes.