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Chemical depletion of ozone in the Arctic lower stratosphere during winter 1992–93

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Satellite observations of ozone and chlorine monoxide concentrations during winter 1992–1993 show that in February 1993 chlorine in the lower stratosphere was mostly in chemically reactive forms. Decreases in stratospheric ozone concentration during February and early March 1993 are consistent with chemical destruction by this reactive chlorine. Comparison with changes in the distribution of long-lived chemical and dynamical tracers shows that the observed decrease cannot have been caused solely by dynamical processes.

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  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91109, USA

    G. L. Manney, L. Froidevaux, J. W. Waters, R. W. Zurek, W. G. Read & L. S. Elson

  2. Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, California, 94304, USA

    J. B. Kumer, J. L. Mergenthaler & A. E. Roche

  3. Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 2AU, UK

    A. O'Neill

  4. Department of Meteorology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK

    R. S. Harwood & I. Mackenzie

  5. Meteorological Office, London Road, Bracknell, RG12 2SZ, UK

    R. Swinbank

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Manney, G., Froidevaux, L., Waters, J. et al. Chemical depletion of ozone in the Arctic lower stratosphere during winter 1992–93. Nature 370, 429–434 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/370429a0

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