Latitudinally Weighted Mean Global Ozone 1979-2015

16 Pages Posted: 15 Mar 2016 Last revised: 2 Apr 2016

Date Written: March 15, 2016

Abstract

Mean global total ozone is estimated as the latitudinally weighted average of total ozone measured by the TOMS and OMI satellite mounted ozone measurement devices for the periods 1979-1992 and 2005-2015 respectively. The TOMS dataset shows an OLS depletion rate of 0.65 DU per year on average in mean monthly ozone from January 1979 to December 1992. The OMI dataset shows an OLS accretion rate of 0.5 DU per year on average in mean monthly ozone from January 2005 to December 2015. The conflicting and inconsequential OLS trends may be explained in terms of the random variability of nature and violations of OLS assumptions that can create the so called Hurst phenomenon. These findings are inconsistent with the Rowland-Molina theory of ozone destruction by anthropogenic chemical agents because the theory implies continued and dangerous depletion of total ozone on a global scale until the year 2040.

Keywords: ozone hole, ozone depletion, Montreal Protocol, halogenated hydrocarbons, ozone layer

Suggested Citation

Munshi, Jamal, Latitudinally Weighted Mean Global Ozone 1979-2015 (March 15, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2748016 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2748016

Jamal Munshi (Contact Author)

Sonoma State University ( email )

1801 East Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
United States

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