Simulating the impact of emissions of brominated very short lived substances on past stratospheric ozone trends

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2449-2456

  Sinnhuber, Björn Martin ^a   Meul, Stefanie ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

bromoform; ozone hole; VSLS

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHLORINE; CLIMATE MODELS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE; BROMOFORM; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; COMPARISON WITH A STANDARD; LOWERMOST STRATOSPHERE; OZONE HOLE; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; VSLS;

LOADING;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; OZONE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SIMULATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 84928705742     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062975     Document Type: Article

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