EVIDENCE FROM BALLOON MEASUREMENTS FOR CHEMICAL DEPLETION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE IN THE ARCTIC WINTER OF 1989-90

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HOFMANN, DJ
DESHLER, T
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[1] Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming, Laramie
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10.1038/349300a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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Measurements of the vertical ozone profile with balloon-borne sensors in the Arctic during January and February 1990 indicate repeated minima in the 22-km region. A general negative correlation of the 22-km ozone mixing ratio with time spent by the air parcel in regions cold enough for the formation of polar stratospheric clouds, together with the presence of sunlight on a portion of the air-parcel trajectory, and an inability to explain the ozone minimum by conventional dynamical processes, suggest that this feature is related to chemical ozone depletion.
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