Chlorine activation and chemical ozone loss deduced from HALOE and balloon measurements in the Arctic during the winter of 1999-2000

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Müller, Rolf ^a   Tilmes, Simone ^a   Grooß, Jens Uwe ^a   McKenna, Daniel S ^a,g   Müller, Melanie ^b   Schmidt, Ulrich ^b   Toon, Geoffrey C ^c   Stachnik, Robert A ^c   Margitan, James J ^c   Elkins, James W ^d   Arvelius, Johan ^e   Russell III, James M ^f  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^f HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic ozone loss; Chemical ozone destruction; Mixing across vortex edge; Tracer relationships; Vortex remnants

Indexed keywords

BALLOON OBSERVATION; CHLORINE; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR VORTEX;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0346008097     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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