Match Campaigns started as a key contribution to the International Polar Year 2007-2008 to conduct measurements of ozone loss in the stratosphere.
The idea of Match is to probe the ozone content of air parcels twice during their way through the atmosphere. This is achieved by coordinating the soundings roughly in the following way (http://www.atmo-projects.net/match/manual.html):
- The trajectories (transport paths) of air masses, which had been measured by ozonesondes previously, are analysed and forecasted by meteorologists at the FU Berlin.
- These trajectories are checked for cases when such an air mass reaches the vicinity of one of the participating measuring sites (ozonesonde station) within 10 days.
- The staff at the ozonesonde station gets informed and is asked to launch an ozonesonde in order to examine the same air mass for a second time.
A decrease in the ozone concentration within the time period of the two sonde flights can then be attributed to chemical ozone depletion. Due to the great number of sonde pairs, statistically significant ozone loss rates can be determined.
The contribution of the Athens University Group is illustrated in the following (http://epic.awi.de/cgi/search/simple?id=14&L=0&q=varotsos):
1) Rex, M. , Wohltmann, I. , Lehmann, R. , Deckelmann, H. , von der Gathen, P. , Balis, D. , De Backer, H. , Davis, J. , Dorokhov, V. , Eriksen, P. , Gerding, M. , Gernandt, H. , Godin-Beekmann, S. , Hardadottic, J. , Jepsen, N. , Johnson, B. , Kivi, R. , Kyrö, E. , Larsen, N. , Livesey, N. J. , Makshtas, A. , Manney, G. L. , McElroy, C. T. , Moore, D. , Nakajima, H. , Parrondo, M. , Santee, M. L. , Skrivankova, P. , Stübi, R. , Tarasick, D. W. , Varghese, S. , Varotsos, C. , Vömel, H. , Walker, K. A. , Yushkov, V. , Zerefos, C. and Zinoviev, N. S. (2012)
Record Arctic ozone loss in spring 2011 compared with Antarctic ozone hole conditions
Quadrennial Ozone Symposium 2012, Toronto, 27 August 2012 - 31 August 2012 .(hdl:10013/epic.39947)
2) Cortesi, U. , Lambert, J. C. , De Clercq, C. , Bianchini, G. , Blumenstock, T. , Bracher, A. , Castelli, E. , Catoire, V. , Chance, K. V. , De Maziere, M. , Demoulin, P. , Godin-Beekman, S. , Jones, N. , Jucks, K. , Keim, C. , Kerzenmacher, T. , Kuellmann, H. , Kuttippurath, J. , Iarlori, M. , Liu, Y. , McDermid, I. S. , Meijer, Y. , Mencaraglia, F. , Oelhaf, H. , Piccolo, C. , Pirre, M. , Raspollini, P. , Ravegnani, F. , Reburn, W. J. , Redaelli, G. , Sembhi, H. , Smale, D. , Steck, T. , Taddei, A. , Varotsos, K. , Vigouroux, C. , Waterfall, A. , Wetzel, G. and Wood, S.(2007)
Geophysical validation of MIPAS-ENVISAT operational ozone data. ,
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7 , pp. 4807-4867 (hdl:10013/epic.27720).
3) Streibel, M. , von der Gathen, P. , Rex, M. , Deckelmann, H. , Harris, N. R. P. , Braathen, G. O. , Chipperfield, M. P. , Millard, G. , Reimer, E. , Alfier, R. , Allaart, M. , Andersen, S. B. , Araujo, J. , Balis, D. , Billett, O. , Cambridge, C. , Claude, H. , Colwell, S. R. , Davies, J. , De Backer, H. , Deshler, T. , Dier, H. , Dorokhov, V. , Easson, J. , Fast, H. , Gerding, M. , Ginzburg, M. , Godin-Beekmann, S. , Johnson, B. , Karhu, J. A. , Klekociuk, A. , Kyrö, E. , Litynska, Z. , Moore, D. , Moran, E. , Nagai, T. , Nakane, H. , Parrondo, C. , Ravegnani, F. , Roscoe, H. K. , Sato, K. , Shanklin, J. D. , Skrivankova, P. , Stübi, R. , Tripathi, O. P. , Varotsos, C. , Vialle, C. , Viatte, P. , Yamanouchi, T. , Yela, M. , Yoshizawa, N. , Yushkov, V. and Zerefos, C. S. (2004)
Ozone loss rates over the Arctic 2002/03 and Antarctic 2003 measured with the Match approach
Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, Kos, Greece, June (hdl:10013/epic.24218)
4) Schulz, A. , Rex, M. , Harris, N. R. P. , Braathen, G. O. , Reimer, E. , Alfier, R. , Kilbane-Dawe, I. , Eckermann, S. , Allaart, M. , Alpers, M. , Bojkov, B. , Cisneros, J. , Claude, H. , Cuevas, E. , Davies, J. , Backer, H. d. , Dier, H. , Dorokhov, V. , Fast, H. , Godin, S. , Johnson, B. , Kois, B. , Kondo, Y. , Kosmidis, E. , Kyrö, E. , Litynska, Z. , Mikkelsen, I. S. , Molyneux, M. J. , Murphy, G. , Nagai, T. , Nakane, H. , O'Connor, F. , Parrondo, C. , Schmidlin, F. J. , Skrivankova, P. , Varotsos, C. , Vialle, C. , Viatte, P. , Yushkov, V. , Zerefos, C. and von der Gathen, P.(2001)
Arctic ozone loss in threshold conditions: Match observations in 1997/1998 and 1998/1999
Journal of Geophysical ResearchD7, 106 , pp. 7495-7503 (hdl:10013/epic.14399)
5) Schulz, A. , Rex, M. , Harris, N. R. P. , Braathen, G. O. , Kyrö, E. , Reimer, E. , Alfier, R. , Kilbane-Dawe, I. , Allaart, M. , Alpers, M. , Bojkov, B. R. , Cisneros, J. , Claude, H. , Cuevas, E. , Davies, J. , De Backer, H. , Dier, H. , Dorokhov, V. , Fast, H. , Johnson, B. , Kois, B. , Kosmidis, E. , Litynska, Z. , Mikkelsen, I. S. , Molyneux, M. , Murphy, G. , Nakane, H. , O'Connor, F. , Parrondo, C. , Skrivankova, P. , Varotsos, C. , Vialle, C. , Viatte, P. , Yushkov, V. , Zerefos, C. and von der Gathen, P. (2000)
Ozone loss rates determined with Match: Arctic winters 1997/98 and 1998/99
Stratospheric ozone 1999, Proceedings of the fifth European symposium, Air pollution research report 73, 27. September - 1. October 1999, St. Jean de Luz, France, (N. R. P. Harris, M. Guirlet and G. T. Amanatidis, eds), European Commission, Directorate-Ge (hdl:10013/epic.13448)
6) Schulz, A. , Rex, M. , Steger, J. , Harris, N. R. P. , Braathen, G. O. , Reimer, E. , Alfier, R. , Beck, A. , Alpers, M. , Cisneros, J. , Claude, H. , De Backer, H. , Dier, H. , Dorokhov, V. , Fast, H. , Godin, S. , Hansen, G. , Kanzawa, H. , Kois, B. , Kondo, Y. , Kosmidis, E. , Kyrö, E. , Litynska, Z. , Molyneux, M. J. , Murphy, G. , Nakane, H. , Parrondo, C. , Ravegnani, F. , Varotsos, C. , Vialle, C. , Viatte, P. , Yushkov, V. , Zerefos, C. and von der Gathen, P. (2000)
Match observations in the Arctic winter 1996/97: High stratospheric ozone loss rates correlate with low temperatures deep inside the polar vortex
Geophysical Research Letters, 27 (2), pp. 205-208 (hdl:10013/epic.13449)
7) Reid, S. J. , Rex, M. , von der Gathen, P. , Fløisand, I. , Stordal, F. , Carver, G. D. , Beck, A. , Reimer, E. , Krüger-Carstensen, R. , De Haan, L. L. , Braathen, G. O. , Dorokhov, V. , Fast, H. , Kyrö, E. , Gil, M. , Litynska, Z. , Molyneux, M. , Murphy, G. , O'Connor, F. , Ravegnani, F. , Varotsos, C. , Wenger, J. and Zerefos, C. (1998)
A study of ozone laminae using diabatic trajectories, contour advection and photochemical trajectory model simulations
Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 30 (1), pp. 187-207 (hdl:10013/epic.13124)
8) Rex, M. , von der Gathen, P. , Harris, N. R. P. , Lucic, D. , Knudsen, B. M. , Braathen, G. O. , Reid, S. J. , De Backer, H. , Claude, H. , Fabian, R. , Fast, H. , Gil, M. , Kyrö, E. , Mikkelsen, I. S. , Rummukainen, M. , Smit, H. G. , Stähelin, J. , Varotsos, C. and Zaitcev, I. (1998)
In-situ measurements of stratospheric ozone depletion rates in the Arctic winter 1991/1992: A Lagrangian approach
Journal of Geophysical ResearchD5, 103 , pp. 5843-5853 (hdl:10013/epic.13161)
9) Reid, S. J. , von der Gathen, P. , Rex, M. , Reimer, E. , Krüger-Carstensen, R. , de Haan, L. L. , Braathen, G. O. , Murphy, G. , Wenger, J. , Zerefos, C. and Varotsos, C. (1996)
The evolution of ozone laminae using the Match approach
Proceedings 3rd European Symposium on Polar Stratospheric Ozone, Schliersee, 1995, (J. A. Pyle, N. R. P. Harris, and G. T. Amanatidis, eds), Air pollution research report 56 (hdl:10013/epic.14277)
10) Rex, M. , von der Gathen, P. , Harris, N. R. P. , Reimer, E. , Beck, A. , Alfier, R. , Krüger-Carstensen, R. , Knudsen, B. M. , Mikkelsen, I. S. , Chipperfield, M. , Lucic, D. , Allaart, M. , De Backer, H. , Braathen, G. O. , Reid, S. , Claude, H. , O'Conner, F. , Dier, H. , Fast, H. , Gamma, A. , Gil, M. , Godin, S. , Guirlet, M. , Kyrö, E. , Rummukainen, M. , Lytinska, Z. , Kois, B. , Murphy, G. , Ravegnani, F. , Varotsos, C. , Wenger, J. , Yushkov, V. , Dorokhov, V. , Zerefos, C. , Balis, D. and Ziomas, I. (1996)
Chemical ozone loss in the Arctic winters 1991/92 and 1994/95 (Match)
Polar stratospheric ozone, Proceedings 3rd European Symposium on Polar Stratospheric Ozone, Schliersee(J. A. Pyle, N. R. P. Harris, and G. T. Amanatidis eds) Air pollution research report 56 (hdl:10013/epic.14275)
11) von der Gathen, P. , Rex, M. , Harris, N. R. P. , Lucic, D. , Knudsen, B. M. , Braathen, G. O. , Backer, H. D. , Fabian, R. , Fast, H. , Gil, M. , Kyrö, E. , Mikkelsen, I. S. , Rummukainen, M. , Stähelin, J. and Varotsos, C. (1995)
Observational evidence for chemical ozone depletion over the Arctic in winter 1991-92
Nature, 375 , pp. 131-134 (hdl:10013/epic.11481)