Metadata Identification_Information Citation Citation_Information Originator: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Publication_Date: 2004-02-12 Publication_Time: 12:00:00 Title: Global Ozone during the 2003 Ozone Hole Online_Linkage: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002900/a002904/index.html Description Abstract: This visualization shows the total ozone concentrations for the Earth from August 1, 2003 through September 23, 2003, during the period of the Antarctic ozone hole. Low ozone (less than 200 Dobson units) is depicted as regions of dark blue, with high ozone (greater that 330 Dobson units) depicted as yellow and red. The amount of ozone in the stratosphere over Antarctica is reduced during the South Pole winter due to unique atmospheric conditions. Ozone blocks harmful ultraviolet 'B' rays, and loss of statospheric ozone has been linked to skin cancer in humans and other adverse biological effects in plants and animals. The size of the 2003 Antarctic ozone hole reached 10.9 million square miles on September 11, 2003, slightly larger than the North American continent. This data was measured by the TOMS instrument on the Earth Probe satellite. 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Red and yellow areas denote regions of high ozone density and dark blue represents areas of low ozone. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: image/jpeg Data_Set_Credit: Eric Sokolowsky (NASA/SVS), Greg Shirah (NASA/SVS), NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Spatial_Data_Organization_Information Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster Raster_Object_Information Raster_Object_Type: Pixel Spatial_Reference_Information Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition Geographic Geographic Coordinate Units: Decimal degrees Metadata_Reference_Information Metadata_date: 2004-02-12 Metadata_Contact Contact_Person_Primary Contact_Person: Horace Mitchell Contact_Organization: NASA Contact_Address Address_Type: mailing Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 930 City: Greenbelt State_or_Province: MD Postal_Code: 20771 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 301 286-4030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: 1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: universal time Metadata_Access_Constraints: none Metadata_Use_Constraints: none