Costas Varotsos (Greek: Κώστας Βαρώτσος; born 14 August 1956) is a Greek physicist known from his contribution to the global climate-dynamics research and remote sensing.[1]
Work
editVarotsos pointed out the occurrence of major sudden stratospheric warming over Antarctica in September 2002, an event which resulted in both the smaller-sized ozone hole over Antarctica and its splitting into two holes.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Prior to September 2002, it was thought, that a major sudden stratospheric warming could happen only in the Northern Hemisphere. His follow-up work on this subject published in Eos Transactions - the official Journal of the American Geophysical Union;[2][11][12][13] and the Europhysics News.
Varotsos suggested the fractal structure of the total ozone and temperature in the Earth's atmosphere. In 2005-2006 he showed that processes based on the nonlinear nature of the atmospheric dynamics could probably address the question “What caused the southern hemisphere to exhibit very strong planetary waves in 2002?” This evidence is based on his new finding that the fluctuations of the total ozone content and temperature exhibit long-range correlations.[14][15][16][17]
Varotsos has contributed to the fields of remote sensing, atmospheric physics & chemistry, and environmental change with 10 international books (monographs[1]) published by Springer Publishing during 2000–2013.
References
edit- ^ a b "Prof. Dr. Costas Varotsos CV". Retrieved 2013-10-07.
- ^ a b Kondratyev, K. Ya; A. P. Cracknell (2005-08-20). "Preface". International Journal of Remote Sensing. 26 (16): 3331–3332. Bibcode:2005IJRS...26.3331.. doi:10.1080/01431160500076087. S2CID 216151256.
- ^ Von Savigny, C.; et al. (2005). "The ozone hole breakup in September 2002 as seen by SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 62 (3): 721–734. Bibcode:2005JAtS...62..721V. doi:10.1175/JAS-3328.1.
- ^ Glatthor, N.; et al. (2005). "Mixing processes during the Antarctic vortex split in September-October 2002 as inferred from source gas and ozone distributions from ENVISAT-MIPAS". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 62 (3): 787–800. Bibcode:2005JAtS...62..787G. doi:10.1175/JAS-3332.1.
- ^ Manney, Gloria L.; et al. (2005). "Simulations of dynamics and transport during the September 2002 Antarctic major warming". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 62 (3): 690–707. Bibcode:2005JAtS...62..690M. doi:10.1175/JAS-3313.1. S2CID 119492652.
- ^ Pazmiño, Andrea F.; et al. (2005). "Impact of Antarctic polar vortex occurrences on total ozone and UVB radiation at southern Argentinean and Antarctic stations during 1997–2003 period" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research. 110 (D3): D03103. Bibcode:2005JGRD..110.3103P. doi:10.1029/2004JD005304.
- ^ Bortoli, D.; et al. (2005). "Stratospheric nitrogen dioxide in the Antarctic". International Journal of Remote Sensing. 26 (16): 3395–3412. Bibcode:2005IJRS...26.3395B. doi:10.1080/01431160500076418. hdl:10174/30853. S2CID 129543394.
- ^ Dowdy, Andrew J.; et al. (2007). "Polar mesosphere and lower thermosphere dynamics: 2. Response to sudden stratospheric warmings". Journal of Geophysical Research. 112 (D17): D17105. Bibcode:2007JGRD..11217105D. doi:10.1029/2006JD008127.
- ^ Wang, D. Y.; et al. (2005). "Longitudinal variations of temperature and ozone profiles observed by MIPAS during the Antarctic stratosphere sudden warming of 2002". Journal of Geophysical Research. 110 (D20): D20101. Bibcode:2005JGRD..11020101W. doi:10.1029/2004JD005749.
- ^ Gillett, N. P.; et al. (2011). "Attribution of observed changes in stratospheric ozone and temperature". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 11 (2): 599–609. Bibcode:2011ACP....11..599G. doi:10.5194/acp-11-599-2011. hdl:20.500.11850/290925.
- ^ Varotsos, C. (2003). "Why did a "no-ozone-hole" episode occur in Antarctica?". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 84 (19): 183. Bibcode:2003EOSTr..84..183V. doi:10.1029/2003EO190007.
- ^ Jadin, E. A.; et al. (2005-08-20). "Influence of atmospheric circulation variations on the ozone layer". International Journal of Remote Sensing. 26 (16): 3467–3478. Bibcode:2005IJRS...26.3467J. doi:10.1080/01431160500076541. S2CID 128554498.
- ^ Semane, N.; et al. (2006). "An unusual stratospheric ozone decrease linked to isentropic air-mass transport as observed over Irene (25.5° S, 28.1° E) in mid-May 2002". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 6 (7): 1927–1936. doi:10.5194/acp-6-1927-2006.
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Goutami, and Surajit Chattopadhyay (September 2009). "Autoregressive forecast of monthly total ozone concentration: A neurocomputing approach". Computers & Geosciences. 35 (9): 1925–1932. Bibcode:2009CG.....35.1925C. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2008.11.007.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Nerushev, A. F. (2008) (2008). "Perturbations of the ozone layer induced by intense atmospheric vortices". International Journal of Remote Sensing. 29 (9): 2705–2732. Bibcode:2008IJRS...29.2705N. doi:10.1080/01431160701767526. S2CID 129813186. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Hu, Y., and Q. Fu (2009) (2009). "Stratospheric warming in Southern Hemisphere high latitudes since 1979". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 9 (13): 4329–4340. Bibcode:2009ACP.....9.4329H. doi:10.5194/acp-9-4329-2009.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Lekien, Francois, and Chad Coulliette. (2007) (2007). "Chaotic stirring in quasi-turbulent flows". Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences. 365 (1861). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences , 365(1861), 3061-3084: 3061–84. Bibcode:2007RSPTA.365.3061L. doi:10.1098/rsta.2007.0020. PMID 17872361. S2CID 9054205. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
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