Severe chemical ozone loss in the Arctic during the winter of 1995-96

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6652, 1997, Pages 709-712

  Müller, Rolf ^a   Crutzen, Paul J ^b   Grooß, Jens Uwe ^a   Brühl, Christoph ^b   Russell III, James M ^c   Gernandt, Hartwig ^d   McKenna, Daniel S ^a   Tuck, Adrian F ^e  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; OZONE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLOUD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; WINTER;

EID: 0040426299     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/39564     Document Type: Article

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