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Yang & Brasseur 2001
Yang, P. and Brasseur, G.P. (2001). The nonlinear response of stratospheric ozone to NOx and ClOx perturbations. Geophysical Research Letters 28: doi: 10.1029/2000GL011428. issn: 0094-8276.

A mathematical analysis of the stratospheric photochemical system (gas phase reactions only) shows the existence of potential catastrophe mechanisms which could produce a dramatic reduction in the ozone concentration near 25 km altitude. The conditions leading to such catastrophe correspond to a relatively modest (i.e., factor 2--2.5) increase in the stratospheric source of reactive nitrogen (NOx). For a tenfold increase in the source of reactive chlorine (ClOx), the ozone system exhibits a large amplitude oscillatory behavior with a period of several tens of years. Transport processes could, however, damp these dramatic changes resulting from the nonlinear nature of the stratospheric chemical system. ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Chemical kinetic and photochemical properties, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Constituent sources and sinks, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Evolution of the atmosphere, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—composition and chemistry
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Geophysical Research Letters
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