British Antarctic Survey Ozone Bulletin No 15

Issued from Faraday station, Antarctica, 1995 December 10.  Due
to limited data resources available at the station this bulletin is
less detailed than those issued from the UK.

Total ozone values at the British Antarctic Survey Faraday station
(65 deg S, 64 deg W, off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula)
continue to oscillate as the station passes under the edges of the 
ozone hole.  Although present values have risen to around 310 DU,
they are still much less than the long term mean for the station, 
which is around 370 DU in early December.

Faraday preliminary daily mean total ozone values
1995 August 1 - 1995 December 9

 300 266 270 259 284 328 302 274 238 226
 232 217 212 216 275 277 279 267 218 221
 229 236 223 212 200 209 204 231 217 207 222
 206 202 203 242 200 195 183 185 188 156
 193 271 246 219 268 227 166 205 158 141
 138 214 196 173 240 202 157 154 212 261
 279 369 323 316 308 317 288 303 246 169
 170 168 144 133 279 283 221 184 176 230
 289 263 222 280 296 217 210 266 315 353 370
 377 305 215 172 157 157 152 171 235 274
 317 226 195 217 186 166 180 186 212 276
 303 301 325 295 262 183 229 261 262 238
 259 285 260 248 259 243 303 312 302

The value of 243 DU reached on December 6th is the third lowest 
December daily mean value on record; lower values were reached in 1987 
(238) and 1990 (209).

Total ozone values at the British Antarctic Survey Halley station
(76 deg S, 26 deg W, on the Brunt Ice Shelf) held steady through mid
November at around 160 DU, then rose to around 210 DU towards the end of 
the month, before falling back to around 185 DU in early December.  Values 
are now rising, but are considerably below the long term mean for the 
station, which is around 370 DU in early December.

Halley preliminary daily mean total ozone values
1995 August 1 - 1995 December 7

   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 221 228 231
 248 244   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
   0   0   0   0   0   0 212 225 197 225 239
 209 214 235 227 234 207 215 191 185 208
 211 168 192 188 184 165 144 159 164 143
 137 139 143 117 122 134 128 137 119 122
 125 132 145 139 113 118 146 179 139 128
 120 134 154 134 137 139 161 155 129 135
 134 140 139 136 135 128 128 138 140 149 141
 169 173 178 161 154 153 142 145 154 152
 157 169 187 167 165 159 160 159 156 158
 167 171 168 180 186 196 205 200 229 204
 195 189 181 184 197 205 222

The value of 181 DU reached on December 3rd is the lowest
December daily mean recorded at the station.


Regards, Jon Shanklin