Ozone loss driven by nitrogen oxides and triggered by stratospheric warmings can outweigh the effect of halogens

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Konopka, Paul ^a   Engel, Andreas ^b   Funke, Bernd ^c   Müller, Rolf ^a   Grooß, Jens Uwe ^a   Günther, Gebhard ^a   Wetter, Thomas ^b   Stiller, Gabriele ^d   von Clarmann, Thomas ^d   Glatthor, Norbert ^d   Oelhaf, Hermann ^d   Wetzel, Gerald ^d   López Puertas, Manuel ^c   Pirre, Michel ^e   Huret, Nathalie ^e   Riese, Martin ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e LPCE CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HALOGEN ELEMENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HALOGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 34249868585     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007064     Document Type: Article

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