Development and Some Results of the System for Monitoring Major Climate-Forming Factors in the Middle Atmosphere

Yu. A. Izrael, Yu. A. Anokhin, G. V. Gruza, V. N. Ivanov, V. I. Egorov, G. M. Kruchenitskii, A. V. Savchenko, and N. N. Petrov

Considered are the problems of substantiating and working out a system of monitoring of major climate-forming factors (greenhouse gases, ozone, aerosol, and water vapor) in the middle atmosphere (CFMA) of the Earth. A concept is presented and a description is given of the block-scheme of CFMA monitoring implemented in the form of information analytical system. Presented are some data on the latitudinal distribution of ozone, its long-term variations, and interrelation between ozone and methane in the lower stratosphere.