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  • atmospheric ozone columns (monthly-mean maps),
  • zonal-mean ozone distribution (monthly-means),
  • Area of Antarctic ozone hole (historical trends and interannual variability),
  • Degree of ozone depletion (historical trends and interannual variability).

The criteria for matching is if the difference compared with observations is comparable (or better) than the published ACCMIP simulations with the LLNL-superfast mechanism.

The validation passes the criteria.

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              OMI Ozone column observations (circa 2000)

 

 

                 ACME Linoz_MAM3 ozone columns (2000)

These are maps that correspond to the OMI maps above.   The units are Dobson Units.

The missing contents and spurious labels are artifacts of UVCDAT. 

The color scales for the models and observations are roughly comparable.

 

                  ACCMIP Ozone Columns by month (2000)

 

Both the older ACCMIP and current ACME simulations tend to get column ozone a little bit too thick.  This is at least partly due to the poor resolution in the upper stratosphere in both models.  A higher vertical resolution for ACME should improve the ozone simulations.


Validation Test 2: Zonal-Mean Ozone Distribution 

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Contributors: Philip Cameron-Smith (Unlicensed)

Provenance: cameronsmith1/atm/Ozone-hole-Linoz-v2 branch at ne30 resolution

 
 

     SBUV Satellite Observations of Zonal-Mean Monthly-Mean Ozone (1970-2014)

Note:  The SBUV data (above) only goes down to 25 mbar, which corresponds to only the top three model layers (below).

The units on the SBUV plot are in ppm, unlike the model results below, but the colors are roughly comparable.

 

 

             ACME Zonal-Mean Stratospheric Ozone (2000)

 

Note: The vertical axis is from 150 mbar to 3 mbar.  The units are in mol/mol.

 

           ACCMIP Zonal Mean Stratospheric Ozone (2000)

Note: The vertical axis is from 150 mbar to 3 mbar.  The units are in mol/mol.

Validation Test 3: Extent of Antarctic Ozone Hole

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Contributors: Philip Cameron-Smith (Unlicensed)

Provenance: cameronsmith1/atm/Ozone-hole-Linoz-v2 branch at ne30 resolution

 

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Comparison of the observation images in the NASA image to the model figures in validation test 1 & 2 above, show that the extent of the ozone holes in the model is about right.

 

 

Validation Test 4:  Ozone Depletion Level

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Contributors: Philip Cameron-Smith (Unlicensed)

Provenance: cameronsmith1/atm/Ozone-hole-Linoz-v2 branch at ne30 resolution


 CMDL Ozonesonde observations of Ozone Hole Column                                

 

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NOTE:  This is the most extreme ozone hole ever observed.

 

                  ACME Stratospheric Ozone Hole Columns

             ACCMIP Stratospheric Ozone Hole Columns

The red lines are different years of October Antarctic means.    The Blue lines are the corresponding lines for July.  These correspond well with the observed ozone profile above.  Note the interannual variability, which is due to interannual variability in the dynamics.  This is shown more clearly in the figures below, showing that both the observations and model generate occasional extremes.  

 

 

      ACME Antarctic O3 column (DU) time-series for September-means (2000)

NOTE: the x-axis is simulation year, and the y-axis is the ozone column (DU). 

 

      ACCMIP Antarctic O3 column (DU) time-series for September-means (2000)

   ACME Antarctic O3 column (DU) time-series for September-means (1850)

NOTE:  The verticle scale is different for the 1850 plots.   This is broadly consistent with the observed trend, although we don't have much data prior to the CFC era.


   ACCMIP Antarctic O3 column (DU) time-series for September-means (1850)