Severe 2011 ozone depletion assessed with 11 years of ozone, NO 2, and OClO measurements at 80N

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Adams, C ^a   Strong, K ^a   Zhao, X ^a   Bassford, M R ^a,b   Chipperfield, M P ^c   Daffer, W ^d   Drummond, J R ^a,e   Farahani, E E ^a   Feng, W ^c   Fraser, A ^a,f   Goutail, F ^g   Manney, G ^d,h   McLinden, C A ⁱ   Pazmino, A ^g   Rex, M ^j   Walker, Kaley A ^a,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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

^k UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE LAYER;

CHLORINE ACTIVATION; COLD CONDITIONS; OZONE COLUMN; OZONE DEPLETION; PREVIOUS YEAR; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; UV WAVELENGTH; UV-VISIBLE;

OZONE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CHLORINE; DATA SET; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER; VORTEX;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; EUREKA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84863229231     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050478     Document Type: Article

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