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Monitoring of the atmospheric ozone layer and natural ultraviolet radiation. Annual Report 2019.

Svendby, Tove; Hansen, Georg H.; Bäcklund, Are; Nilsen, Anne-Cathrine

Publication details

Series: NILU rapport 11/2020

Publisher: NILU

Year: 2020

ISBN: 978-82-425-3008-0

Arkiv: hdl.handle.net/11250/2671946

Summary:
This report summarizes the results from the Norwegian monitoring programme on stratospheric ozone and UV radiation
measurements. The ozone layer has been measured at three locations since 1979: In Oslo/Kjeller, Tromsø/Andøya and
Ny-Ålesund. The UV measurements started in 1995. The results show that there was a significant decrease in stratospheric
ozone above Norway between 1979 and 1997. After that, the ozone layer stabilized at a level ~2% below pre-1980 level.
2019 was characterized by low ozone values in April and an “ozone hole” in Southern Norway in December 2019.