The problem of ozone depletion in northern Europe

Ambio

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 275-279

  Björn, Lars Olof ^a   Callaghan, Terry V ^b,c,d   Gehrke, Carola ^a   Johanson, Ulf ^a   Sonesson, Mats ^a,e   Gwynn Jones, Dylan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^e Abisko Scientfic Research Station

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; PHYLLODOCE (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0031823422     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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26. Acknowledgements. The initial phase of the research described here was financed by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SNV). Later we were supported by the European Commission under contract EV5V-CT910032, while present work is earned out within the UVECOS project financed in part by the European Commission under contract ENV4-CT96-0208. The authors are grateful to Monika Bertgren, Francis Bowles. Martin Tjus. Kjell Ericsson. Sara Bergquist. Anne Hartley. Bengt Wanhatalo, Nils-Åke Andersson, Per Westergren and Tord Murath and The University Courses on Svalbard for helping with the experiments in various ways.