Looking for info about 2002 polar vortex rupture

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The discussion focuses on the 2002 Antarctic polar vortex rupture, highlighting the unusual stratospheric winds that altered the typical clockwise circulation around the continent. The user seeks information on the origins of these winds and has referenced several academic papers, including those from NOAA, NIWA, and CSIRO, as well as specific studies on ozone depletion and stratospheric transport. Key resources provided include links to open-access papers that detail observations and measurements related to the 2002 Antarctic ozone hole.

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Hello everybody.

I am currently doing some research about the evolution of ozone holes over antartica.

I am interested in 2002's season, since strong winds from the stratosphere managed to alter the wind's clockwise circulation about the continent making it one of the weirdest recorded.

So far I have found nothing about the origin of these winds.

Can someone please tell me where can I find some information about them?

Thank you very much for reading.
 
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2004JD005322/epdf
NOy from Michelson Interferometer for Passive
Atmospheric Sounding on Environmental Satellite
during the Southern Hemisphere polar vortex split in
September//October 2002

This is the only paper I have on this computer. It is open-access
 
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Frank Einstein said:
So far I have found nothing about the origin of these winds.

so where have you tried ??

NOAA
NIWA
CSIRO
 
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CapnGranite said:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2003GL016899/epdf
POAM III observations of the anomalous 2002 Antarctic ozone hole

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2003GL017117/epdf
Unusual stratospheric transport and mixing during the 2002 Antarctic
winter

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2003GL017577/epdf
POAM measurements of PSCs and water vapor in the 2002 Antarctic
vortex

There are probably more

Thank you very much. I think I will be able to write more thanks to this.
davenn said:
so where have you tried ??

NOAA
NIWA
CSIRO

On the internet; I am not suposed to use more than the text given by mi professor, it's title is twenty questions and anwsers about the ozone layer: 2010 update. The authors are David Fahey and Michaela Hegglin.

I want to add more information to my report; the best I have found so far is this:

http://chem.libretexts.org/Core/Phy...tudies:_Kinetics/Depletion_of_the_Ozone_Layer

But it hasn't any information abou the origin of the winds.
 

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