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Brewer-Dobson circulation is a model
Model (abstract)

In mathematical logic, the formal languages, formal systems, and theory which are studied have no meaningful content until they are given an interpretation within some other system....
 of atmospheric circulation, proposed by Alan Brewer
Alan West Brewer

Alan West Brewer was a Canada-England physicist and climatologist. Born in Montreal, Canada and raised in Derby, England, he earned a scholarship to study physics at the University College of London....
 in 1949 and Gordon Dobson in 1956, that attempts to explain why tropical air has less ozone
Ozone

Ozone or trioxygen is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic O2....
 than polar air, even though the tropical stratosphere
Stratosphere

The stratosphere is the second major layer of Earth's atmosphere, just above the troposphere, and below the mesosphere. It is stratified in temperature, with warmer layers higher up and cooler layers farther down....
 is where most atmospheric ozone is produced.






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Brewer-Dobson circulation is a model
Model (abstract)

In mathematical logic, the formal languages, formal systems, and theory which are studied have no meaningful content until they are given an interpretation within some other system....
 of atmospheric circulation, proposed by Alan Brewer
Alan West Brewer

Alan West Brewer was a Canada-England physicist and climatologist. Born in Montreal, Canada and raised in Derby, England, he earned a scholarship to study physics at the University College of London....
 in 1949 and Gordon Dobson in 1956, that attempts to explain why tropical air has less ozone
Ozone

Ozone or trioxygen is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic O2....
 than polar air, even though the tropical stratosphere
Stratosphere

The stratosphere is the second major layer of Earth's atmosphere, just above the troposphere, and below the mesosphere. It is stratified in temperature, with warmer layers higher up and cooler layers farther down....
 is where most atmospheric ozone is produced. It is a simple circulation model that posits the existence of a slow current
Current (fluid)

File:Water patterns.JPGA current, in a river or stream, is the flow of water influenced by gravity as the water moves downhill to reduce its potential energy....
 in the winter hemisphere
Hemisphere

Hemisphere may refer to:*half of a sphereAs half of the Earth:*Any half of the Earth or other planetary or stellar body*New World*Old World...
 which redistributes air.

See also

  • Chapman cycle
  • Dobson unit
    Dobson unit

    The Dobson unit is a unit of measurement of Earth's atmosphere ozone, specifically ozone in the stratosphere ozone layer. One Dobson unit refers to a layer of ozone that would be 10 ?m thick under standard temperature and pressure....