Τίτλος:
The exceptional ozone depletion over the Arctic in January-March 2011
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
The largest ozone losses ever recorded over the Arctic have been measured by an international network of over 30 ground-based stations and satellite-borne sensors during January-March 2011. We study whether this was an exceptional event or whether it is part of the evolution of an ozone hole in the Arctic. The main finding is that the 2010-2011 winter's record-breaking ozone loss was instigated by the extremely low stratospheric temperatures that are linked to climate change, that is, the coldest winters at the Arctic region have been getting colder leading to larger ozone losses there, which are progressively reaching the levels of the Antarctic ozone hole. © 2012 Taylor & Francis.
Συγγραφείς:
Varotsos, C.A.
Cracknell, A.P.
Tzanis, C.
Περιοδικό:
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Antarctic ozone hole; Arctic regions; Exceptional events; Ground-based stations; International networks; Ozone depletion; Ozone hole; Ozone loss; Stratospheric temperature, Climate change; Ozone layer, Ozone, arctic environment; climate change; ground-based measurement; low temperature; ozone depletion; satellite imagery; sensor; stratosphere, Arctic
DOI:
10.1080/01431161.2011.597792
