Area · square kilometers

View from aboveOnelocation220 DU boundary

Count the surface inside the boundary. Ozone is depleted there, but it has not disappeared.

Ozone overhead · Dobson units

View from the sideAdd ozonethrough thewhole columnOne location at the surface

Measure the ozone throughout the column above a location. DU describes an amount, not the column’s height.

A larger footprint does not specify the lowest ozone reading. The widest area and the minimum above one station can occur on different days.

Schematic only. Shape, dots and column height are not measured data or scales.