Behavior Of The Stratospheric Ozone Over The Antarctic Peninsula And The Southern Tip Of South America During Spring 1996

The above was verified during the presence of the Antarctic polar vortex and the"ozone hole", which introduced an interesting aspect to the atmospheric dynamics of the region. The first set of total ozone data obtained through the SCO3P* network, associated with the 50 hPa temperatures obtained from radiosonde stations, and especially from Marambio ozone-sondes, showed a good space-time agreement, which validated these sets of data.

It was also possible to review some aspects of the behavior of the ozone layer in relation to upper air dynamics near the tropopause and the synoptic weather during the 1996 Spring season.