Flux measurements of atmospheric ozone over land and water

Using the new ‘box’ method, it has been determined that the downward flux of atmospheric ozone over New Mexico soil averages 3 × 1011 molecules/cm2 sec, and over the Atlantic Ocean averages 0.2 × 1011 molecules/cm2 sec. Estimates for the global ozone sink range from 5.4 to 8.6 × 1029 ozone molecules/sec, or 1.3 to 2.1 × 109 tons of ozone per year.