Impact of Pollutants on the Ozone Layer *ozone observations *the ‘Ozone Hole’ *Heterogeneous chemistry *global ozone depletion Dr Tony Cox ERCA Lecture 3
From TOMS Satellite data Antarctic Spring From Ground Based UV spectrometer Ozone Column trends FARMAN,ET AL., BRITISH ANTACTIC SURVEY R.STOLARSKI,ET AL., NASA
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FARMAN,ET AL., BRITISH ANTACTIC SURVEY
Descent of air from upper strat. containing HCl & ClONO 2
Chlorine Monoxide at 50 hPa ClO
Chlorine Nitrate at 50 hPa
Future Development of Polar zone Depletion
Stratospheric aerosol evolution from backscatter LIDAR measurements at mid-latitudes Aerosol surface Area from sounding