Arctic Ozone Loss Due to Denitrification
Measurements from the winter of 1994–95 indicating removal of total reactive nitrogen from the Arctic stratosphere by particle sedimentation were used to constrain a microphysical model. The model suggests that denitrification is caused predominantly by nitric acid trihydrate particles in small numb...
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craaas:10.1126/science.283.5410.2064 2024-09-15T17:52:58+00:00 Arctic Ozone Loss Due to Denitrification Waibel, A. E. Peter, Th. Carslaw, K. S. Oelhaf, H. Wetzel, G. Crutzen, P. J. Pöschl, U. Tsias, A. Reimer, E. Fischer, H. 1999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.283.5410.2064 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.283.5410.2064 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 283, issue 5410, page 2064-2069 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 1999 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.283.5410.2064 2024-08-01T04:01:02Z Measurements from the winter of 1994–95 indicating removal of total reactive nitrogen from the Arctic stratosphere by particle sedimentation were used to constrain a microphysical model. The model suggests that denitrification is caused predominantly by nitric acid trihydrate particles in small number densities. The denitrification is shown to increase Arctic ozone loss substantially. Sensitivity studies indicate that the Arctic stratosphere is currently at a threshold of denitrification. This implies that future stratospheric cooling, induced by an increase in the anthropogenic carbon dioxide burden, is likely to enhance denitrification and to delay until late in the next century the return of Arctic stratospheric ozone to preindustrial values. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Science 283 5410 2064 2069 |
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Measurements from the winter of 1994–95 indicating removal of total reactive nitrogen from the Arctic stratosphere by particle sedimentation were used to constrain a microphysical model. The model suggests that denitrification is caused predominantly by nitric acid trihydrate particles in small number densities. The denitrification is shown to increase Arctic ozone loss substantially. Sensitivity studies indicate that the Arctic stratosphere is currently at a threshold of denitrification. This implies that future stratospheric cooling, induced by an increase in the anthropogenic carbon dioxide burden, is likely to enhance denitrification and to delay until late in the next century the return of Arctic stratospheric ozone to preindustrial values. |
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Waibel, A. E. Peter, Th. Carslaw, K. S. Oelhaf, H. Wetzel, G. Crutzen, P. J. Pöschl, U. Tsias, A. Reimer, E. Fischer, H. Arctic Ozone Loss Due to Denitrification |
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Arctic Ozone Loss Due to Denitrification |
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