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Shindell, D.T. and Grewe, V. (2002). Separating the influence of halogen and climate changes on ozone recovery in the upper stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 107. doi: 10.1029/2001JD000420. issn: 0148-0227. |
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While halogens from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) dominated past ozone changes, our simulations show climate change playing an increasingly important role over coming decades. Including potential climate-induced stratospheric water vapor increases, the ozone change relative to 1980 attributable to climate change surpasses that due to halogens in the 2030s for both the upper stratosphere and the total column. Its overall impact may delay recovery of total ozone to 1980 values. These results emphasize that ozone recovery is not only a detection issue but also a detection and attribution issue, as trends must be ascribed to climate and halogens. Exploiting their different spatial patterns, we demonstrate a technique to isolate the halogen signature in the upper stratosphere by contrasting equatorial and midlatitude ozone trends at 40-km altitude. This may allow early detection of the effectiveness of halogen emission reductions, which would show that a delayed recovery does not represent a CFC treaty failure but rather highlights the growing influence of greenhouse gases on the Earth's atmosphere. |
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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere--composition and chemistry, Global Change, Atmosphere (0315, 0325), Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Chemical kinetic and photochemical properties, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, General or miscellaneous |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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