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Which observation confirms the direction of that circulation?

  • A.The observed correlation between tropical rainfall and the total ozone column measured above the tropics
  • B.Ozone maxima at high latitudes despite tropical production
  • C.The uniform distribution of ozone with latitude, which shows that no meridional transport is occurring
  • D.The seasonal cycle of surface temperature

Answer: B

Ozone is produced photochemically in the tropical upper stratosphere yet its column abundance is greatest at middle and high latitudes, which can only be explained by poleward transport. Dobson noticed this apparent paradox and it led directly to the proposal of the circulation. Age of air measurements using long lived tracers have since confirmed the picture quantitatively. Reading the definition literally, rather than recalling a formula, is the reliable route through questions of this shape.

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