Quantifying the ozone and ultraviolet benefits already achieved by the Montreal Protocol

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chipperfield, M P ^a   Dhomse, S S ^a   Feng, W ^a,b   McKenzie, R L ^c   Velders, G J M ^d   Pyle, J A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre for Earth Observation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHLORINE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE; CHLORINE; INTERNATIONAL LAW; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE DEPLETION; POLLUTION CONTROL; STRATOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL; CHEMISTRY CLIMATE MODEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HEMISPHERE; LATITUDE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE LAYER; STRATOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84930225126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8233     Document Type: Article

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