Bromine-chlorine coupling in the Antarctic Ozone Hole

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Danilin, Michael Y, Sze, Nien-Dak, Ko, Malcolm K. W, Rodriguez, Jose M, Prather, Michael J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 1996
• Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics; near-ultraviolet spectroscopy; stratospheric polar vortex; McMurdo-station; destruction; trends; model; OCLO; Antarctic; The Antarctic; McMurdo Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5mb2b3n5

The contribution from the chlorine and bromine species in the formation of the Antarctic ozone hole is evaluated. Since chlorine and bromine compounds are of different industrial origin, it is desirable, from a policy point of view, to be able to attribute chlorine-catalyzed loss of ozone with those...