Ozone perturbation from medium-size asteroid impacts in the ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 263-272

  Pierazzo, E ^a   Garcia, R R ^b   Kinnison, D E ^b   Marsh, D R ^b   Lee Taylor, J ^b   Crutzen, P J ^c  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric chemistry; Modeling; Near Earth Object; Oceanic impact; Ozone perturbation

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID IMPACT; ATMOSPHERIC PERTURBATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC SIMULATIONS; EARTH'S SURFACE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IMPACT SIMULATION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LIVING ORGANISMS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MIDLATITUDES; MODELING; NEAR-EARTH; OCEANIC IMPACT; OZONE CHANGES; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE HOLE; OZONE LOSS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SIZE RANGES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHOCKS; UV IRRADIANCES; UV RADIATION;

ASTEROIDS; BIOLOGY; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ASTEROID; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EARTH STRUCTURE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OZONE DEPLETION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 78049262854     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.036     Document Type: Article

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