New Measurements of Hydroxyl in the Middle Atmosphere Confound Chemical Models
The drive to measure, understand, and prevent ozone depletion over Antarctica has been so intense and attention-grabbing that the words “ozone” and “hole” now seem mated for life. But the ozone layer, which is densest at altitudes of 15–20 km, envelops the entire planet and extends into the mesosphe...
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craippubl:10.1063/1.1333280 2024-02-11T09:58:55+01:00 New Measurements of Hydroxyl in the Middle Atmosphere Confound Chemical Models Day, Charles 2000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1333280 https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article-pdf/53/11/17/8315188/17_1_online.pdf en eng AIP Publishing Physics Today volume 53, issue 11, page 17-19 ISSN 0031-9228 1945-0699 General Physics and Astronomy journal-article 2000 craippubl https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1333280 2024-01-26T09:48:46Z The drive to measure, understand, and prevent ozone depletion over Antarctica has been so intense and attention-grabbing that the words “ozone” and “hole” now seem mated for life. But the ozone layer, which is densest at altitudes of 15–20 km, envelops the entire planet and extends into the mesosphere, where it plays a key role in the atmosphere's physics and chemistry. Ozone molecules, heated by their absorption of ultraviolet photons from the Sun, provide most of the energy that drives circulation in the upper stratosphere and mesosphere. (Figure 1 depicts the vertical structure of the atmosphere.) Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica AIP Publishing Physics Today 53 11 17 19 |
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The drive to measure, understand, and prevent ozone depletion over Antarctica has been so intense and attention-grabbing that the words “ozone” and “hole” now seem mated for life. But the ozone layer, which is densest at altitudes of 15–20 km, envelops the entire planet and extends into the mesosphere, where it plays a key role in the atmosphere's physics and chemistry. Ozone molecules, heated by their absorption of ultraviolet photons from the Sun, provide most of the energy that drives circulation in the upper stratosphere and mesosphere. (Figure 1 depicts the vertical structure of the atmosphere.) |
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