Reduced Antarctic ozone depletions in a model with hydrocarbon injections
Motivated by increased losses of Antarctic stratospheric ozone and by improved understanding of the mechanism, a concept is suggested for action to arrest this ozone loss: injecting the alkanes ethane or propane (E or P) into the Antarctic stratosphere. A numerical model of chemical processes was us...
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ftcdlib:qt3vc92918 2023-05-15T14:04:14+02:00 Reduced Antarctic ozone depletions in a model with hydrocarbon injections Cicerone, RJ Elliott, S Turco, RP 1191 - 1194 1991-01-01 application/pdf http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3vc92918 english eng eScholarship, University of California qt3vc92918 http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3vc92918 Attribution (CC BY): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Cicerone, RJ; Elliott, S; & Turco, RP. (1991). Reduced Antarctic ozone depletions in a model with hydrocarbon injections. Science, 254(5035), 1191 - 1194. doi:10.1126/science.254.5035.1191. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3vc92918 article 1991 ftcdlib https://doi.org/10.1126/science.254.5035.1191 2018-05-25T22:51:04Z Motivated by increased losses of Antarctic stratospheric ozone and by improved understanding of the mechanism, a concept is suggested for action to arrest this ozone loss: injecting the alkanes ethane or propane (E or P) into the Antarctic stratosphere. A numerical model of chemical processes was used to explore the concept. The model results suggest that annual injections of about 50,000 tons of E or P could suppress ozone loss, but there are some scenarios where smaller E or P injections could increase ozone depletion. Further, key uncertainties must be resolved, including initial concentrations of nitrogen-oxide species in austral spring, and several poorly defined physical and chemical processes must be quantified. There would also be major difficulties in delivering and distributing the needed alkanes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic University of California: eScholarship Antarctic Austral The Antarctic Science 254 5035 1191 1194 |
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Motivated by increased losses of Antarctic stratospheric ozone and by improved understanding of the mechanism, a concept is suggested for action to arrest this ozone loss: injecting the alkanes ethane or propane (E or P) into the Antarctic stratosphere. A numerical model of chemical processes was used to explore the concept. The model results suggest that annual injections of about 50,000 tons of E or P could suppress ozone loss, but there are some scenarios where smaller E or P injections could increase ozone depletion. Further, key uncertainties must be resolved, including initial concentrations of nitrogen-oxide species in austral spring, and several poorly defined physical and chemical processes must be quantified. There would also be major difficulties in delivering and distributing the needed alkanes. |
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Reduced Antarctic ozone depletions in a model with hydrocarbon injections |
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Reduced Antarctic ozone depletions in a model with hydrocarbon injections |
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Cicerone, RJ; Elliott, S; & Turco, RP. (1991). Reduced Antarctic ozone depletions in a model with hydrocarbon injections. Science, 254(5035), 1191 - 1194. doi:10.1126/science.254.5035.1191. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3vc92918 |
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