Ozone & Water Vapor

Climate Monitoring & Diagnostics Laboratory

Ozone & Water Vapor

U.S. Dept. of Commerce / NOAA / OAR / CMDL / OZWV

The Ozone and Water Vapor Group conducts research on the nature and causes of the depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer and the role of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone and water vapor in forcing climate change and in modifying the chemical cleansing capacity of the atmosphere. This mission is accomplished through long-term observations and intensive field programs that measure total column ozone, ozone vertical profiles (ozonesondes and umkehrs), ground level ozone, and water vapor vertical profiles in the upper troposphere and stratosphere and through transport modeling isentropic trajectories.

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