Why unprecedented ozone loss in the Arctic in 2011? Is it related to climate change?

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5299-5308

  Pommereau, J P ^a   Goutail, F ^a   Lefevre F ^a   Pazmino, A ^a   Adams, C ^f   Dorokhov, V ^b   Eriksen, P ^c   Kivi, R ^d   Stebel, K ^e   Zhao, X ^f   Van Roozendael, M ^g  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CHLORINE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 84884271110     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-5299-2013     Document Type: Article

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