Stratospheric clouds and ozone depletion in the Arctic during January 1989

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Hofmann, D., J., Deshler, T., L., Aimedieu, Patrick, Matthews, W., A., Johnston, P., Kondo, Y., Sheldon, W., R., Byrne, G., J., Benbrook, J., R.
• Other Authors: Department of Physics and Astronomy Laramie, University of Wyoming (UW), Service d'aéronomie (SA), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DSIR/PEL Lauder, Nagoya University, Department of Physics and Astronomy Houston, Rice University Houston
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: CCSD 1989
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Arctic; Austral; Kiruna; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-03581902; https://doi.org/10.1038/340117a0

International audience Stratospheric clouds, believed to be necessary for springtime polar ozone depletion to take place, were detected with balloon-borne sensors at Kiruna, Sweden during January 1989, the coldest January in the north polar stratosphere for at least 25 years. Comparison of the ozone...