Study of the spring ozone anomaly in the Antarctic using rocket and ground-based ozonometers

Data received during a comprehensive experimental study of the ozone layer over the Molodezhnaya Antarctic station during the spring of 1987 are analyzed. It is shown that, by October 7, the total ozone depletion reached about 60 percent. A synchronous decrease in the ozone density at heights of 15 and 20 km was recorded by optical and chemoluminescent ozonometers. The results are used to discuss the relationship between the ozone behavior in the photochemical region and the change in the spring temperature-wind regime.