Abstract The impact of the Antarctic Ozone Hole Influence over Southern Brazil in October 2015 was analyzed using daily mean data of the Total Column Ozone (TCO), Ultraviolet Index (UVI) and Radiative Cloud Fraction (RCF) from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument satellite instrument. Vertical profiles and fields of ozone content and Potential Vorticity available from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast reanalysis, air masses backward trajectories from the HYbrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model and channel 3 water vapor images from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-13 were also analyzed. The five identified events showed an -7.4±2.3% average TCO reduction, leading to an +16.6±54.6% UVI increase even with a predominance of partly cloudy days. Other impacts were observed in the ozone profiles, where the most significant anomalies occurred from 650 K reaching 1.2 ppmv at the 850 K level. In the ozone fields at 700 K, the presence of a polar origin tongue was observed causing negatives anomalies between -0.2 and 0.4 ppmv in a transient system format forced with eastward-traveling Rossby waves passing through the Southern of Brazil and Uruguay.

A obtenção da coluna total de ozônio a partir de detectores de radiação ultravioleta (UV) como Radiômetros e Espectroradiômetros é de grande importância, visto que os medidores de ozônio como o Espectrofotômetro Brewer são muito caros e, portanto, de difícil obtenção. Este trabalho tem como objetivo encontrar modelos matemáticos que relacionem a razão entre as radiações UVB/UVA do Espectroradiômetro MS 701, dos Radiômetros UV-B MS 212 W e UV-A MS 212 A e as medidas de ozônio efetivo obtidas a partir do Espectrofotômetro Brewer MKIII #167, instalados no Observatório Espacial do Sul, no Sul do Brasil. Os períodos selecionados para análise foram o ano de 2003 para o Espectroradiômetro e o de 2005 para os Radiômetros, onde foram utilizados apenas dias sem interferências de nuvens. Os modelos matemáticos encontrados foram funções exponenciais com coeficiente de correlação R = 0,85 para a relação com o Espectroradiômetro e de R = 0,99 para a relação com os Radiômetros. Os dados de ozônio efetivo obtidos a partir dos detectores UV foram ajustados aos seus respectivos modelos e comparados com a coluna total de ozônio fornecida pelo Espectrofotômetro Brewer e pelo TOMS. A diferença média entre os valores obtidos da coluna total de ozônio do Espectroradiômetro e o Brewer foi de 0,7% e com o TOMS foi de 3,1% enquanto a comparação para a coluna total de ozônio fornecida pelos Radiômetros com o Brewer apresentou diferença média de 2% e com o TOMS de 4,3%. Estes resultados comprovam a eficiência do método utilizado e uma boa aproximação das funções encontradas.

The total ozone has been obtained through ultraviolet (UV) radiation detectors as Radiometers and Spectroradiometers. It was used as an alternative method for stations which do not have expensive equipments to measure ozone such as Brewer Spectrophotometers. The aim of this work is to find mathematical models using the relation between UVB/UVA radiation ratios measured by Spectroradiometer MS 701 and Radiometers UV-B MS 212 W and UV-A MS 212 A and effective ozone measured by Brewer Spectrophotometer MKIII #167. The equipments are installed at the Southern Space Observatory, at southern Brazil. The periods selected for this analysis were the year of 2003 for Spectroradiometer and of 2005 for Radiometers, where only clean sky days were used. The mathematical models that we have derived were exponential functions with correlation coefficient of the order of 0.85 for the relation with Spectroradiometer and of order of 0.99 for the relation with Radiometers. The effective ozone data obtained by Spectroradiometer and Radiometers were fitted with these models and compared with the Brewer and TOMS total ozone. The average difference between the Spectroradiometer model results and Brewer total ozone was 0.7% and between the Spectroradiometer model and TOMS ozone data was 3.1%, while the comparison between the average difference of Radiometers' model and Brewer ozone data was 2% and between Radiometers' model and TOMS was 4.3%. It verifies the efficiency of the method used and the good approximation of the models.

Medidas de superfície de radiação solar ultravioleta (UV) têm sido feitas em Tókio, Japão, São Martinho da Serra, Brasil e Punta Arenas, Chile. São apresentados resultados iniciais de observações de ozônio total. Variações do fluxo da razão de UV-B e UV-A em ambos os hemisférios apresentaram anti-correlações claras com o ozônio. Como resultado do ajuste, funções exponenciais entre a razão e o ozônio efetivo foram obtidas. Os dados do Radiômetro de Punta Arenas também apresentaram aumento súbito do UV-B no início na primavera. Isto significa que as evidências para a chegada do buraco de ozônio podem ser detectadas a partir de equipamentos de superfície.

Ground-based observations of solar ultraviolet (UV) radiations have been carried out in Tokyo, Japan, São Martinho da Serra, Brazil, and Punta Arenas, Chile. The initial results showed that the observations were concerned with the total amount of ozone. Variations in the flux ratio between UV-B and UV-A radiation in both hemispheres show a clear anti-correlation with the amount of ozone along line-of-sight. As a result of least-square fitting, exponential functions between the UV-ratio (UV-B/UV-A) and effective ozone are obtained. Radiometer data at Punta Arenas also show sudden enhancement of UV-B radiation in the beginning of spring, indicating that the arrival of the ozone hole can be detected from the ground.