Ozone Content over the Russian Federation in 2008

A. M. Zvyagintsev, N. S. Ivanova, G. M. Kruchenitskii, I. N. Kuznetsova, E. A. Lezina, and Ya. O. Romanyuk

Areview is compiled based on the results of the system of monitoring total ozone (TO) over the CIS and Baltic countries that is operated in real time at the Central Aerological Observatory (CAO). The TO monitoring system uses the data from the national M-124 filter ozonometer network operated under the methodological guidance of the Main Geophysical Observatory. The performance of the system as a whole is operationally verified against the OMI satellite (US NASA) observations. The main TO observational data are summarized for each month of the fourth quarter of 2008, for a quarter, and a year as a whole. Data on the Spring Antarctic Ozone Anomaly in 2008 are presented. Results of regular surface ozone observations in the Moscow region and in Kiev are also considered.