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In accordance with the principal objectives of the Project:
1) to study spatial-temporal variability of the total ozone content (TOZ) in the atmosphere over European regions;
2) to develop a regional forecasting model for TOZ;
3) to assess surface solar ultraviolet (UV) irradiance variability due to TOZ changes and the importance of such variability for human health and ecosystems;
4) to investigate tropospheric ozone concentrations changes under conditions of polluted atmosphere;
the following results have been obtained.
On the basis of the analysis of TOZ observations (with the use of both conventional and satellite observational means) the spatial-temporal mean monthly TOZ values anomalies have been considered and utilized for the substantiation of a physico-statistical technique of long-and super-long term TOZ prediction relying on the orthogonal decomposition of satellite and ground based TOZ observation data. The statistical analysis of TOZ data has been employed to detect quasicyclic processes and assess anthropogenic impacts. The connection between mid-latitude vertical ozone distribution and stratospheric processes has been revealed.
A parameterisation has been suggested to simulate UV radiative transfer in the atmosphere which has been used for calculations of surface UV irradiances which results have been compared with observations of TOZ and UV irradiance in St. Petersburg. It has been shown that the aerosols play the principal role for UV-A changes when in case of UV-B the effect of TOZ changes becomes more important.
A detailed analysis of the significance of surface UV irradiance variability for marine and fresh water biodynamics (with an emphasis on phytoplankton) as well as for terrestrial ecosystems has been accomplished. In this context a completely novel approach to assess biological consequences of the solar spectrum fine structure variations has been developed and applied to consider their significance from the viewpoints of long-term biospheric evolution and anthropogenic impact at the present time due to changes in the atmospheric chemical composition.
A global numerical simulation transport / chemistry model has been developed to assess stratospheric and tropospheric ozone changes due to variable chemical composition of the atmosphere.
Methodical aspects of TOZ, surface ozone, and biologically significant UV radiation has been discussed in detail.
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