Study on Atmospheric Ozone in East Asia with Satellite Observation

The atmospheric ozone in east Asia has been studied with satellite remote sensing. The relationship between atmospheric ozone and tropopause height is analyzed and its response to weather processes has been discussed. The mean deviation between the total atmospheric ozone content derived from TOVS data and that received from ground-based Dobson spectropotometer observations is 3.67%. The total atmospheric ozone content increases when the latitude increases in east Asia. The correlation coefficient between total ozone content and tropopause height is negative. The average is 74%. The total atmospheric ozone content is closely related to weather processes. Ozone content increases when an Arctic air mass invades and decreases when a tropic air mass is coming.