Ozone Evolution in the Past and Future

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: chemical–climate model; climate change; cloudiness; decision tree model; discontinuities in reanalysis time series; empirical wavelet transform (EWT); ERA-Interim reanalysis; erythemal radiation; forcing; forecasting; horizontal-trough; human health; Irene; long short-term memory networks (LSTM); Mann-Kendall; merra ozone data; modeling; natural and anthropogenic factors; nitrogen dioxide; Northern Eurasia; numerical modeling; ozone; ozone decline; ozone enhancement; ozone exceedance; ozone layer evolution; ozone precursors; ozonesondes; PM10; PM2.5; potential vorticity; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; respiratory disease; rural site; satellite observations; solar forcing; stratospheric intrusion; stratospheric ozone; total column of ozone (TCO); total ozone content; trend; trend analyses; trend estimates; trend estimations; tropospheric ozone; ultraviolet radiation; urban site; UV resources
• ISBN: 303936829X; 9783039368297; 3039368281; 9783039368280
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-03936-829-7

The stratospheric ozone is important for the protection of the biosphere from the dangerous ultraviolet radiation of the sun, forms the temperature and dynamical structure of the stratosphere, and, therefore, has a direct influence on the general circulation and the surface climate. The tropospheric ozone can damage the biosphere, impact human health, and plays a role as a powerful greenhouse gas. That is why the understanding of the past and future evolution of the ozone in different atmospheric layers, as well as its influence on surface UV radiation doses, and human health is important. The problems of preventing further destruction of the ozone layer, the restoration of the ozone shield in the future, and air quality remain important for society. The interest in these problems was recently enhanced by the unexpected discovery of a negative ozone trend in the lower stratosphere and the appearance of a large ozone hole over the Arctic in spring 2020. This book includes papers describing several aspects of the ozone layer’s state and evolution based on the recent experimental, statistical, and modeling works. The book will be useful for readers, scientists, and students interested in environmental science.