Law of mass action in the Arctic lower stratospheric polar vortex January-March 2000: ClO scaling and the calculation of ozone loss rates in a turbulent fractal medium

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Tuck, Adrian F ^a   Hovde, Susan J ^a,b   Gao, Ru Shan ^a   Richard, Erik C ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine monoxide; Fractal medium; Mass action

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE MONOXIDE; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 1342333720     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002832     Document Type: Article

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