Ozone layer

Ozone Layer Depletion

Halogens and polar boundary-layer ozone depletion

1 Geophysical Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-6160, USA 2 School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK 3 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 14–901, Wellington, New Zealand 4 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK 5 McGill University...

Tsallis’ q-triplet and the ozone layer

Keywords: Nonextensive statistical mechanics Meta-stable states Mixing Weak chaos q-triplet Stratospheric ozone a b s t r a c t Tsallis' q-triplet [C. Tsallis, Dynamical scenario for nonextensive statistical mechanics, Physica A 340 (2004) 1–10] is the best empirical quantifier of nonextensivity. Here we study it with reference to an experimental time-series related to the daily depth-values of...

TWENTY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE OZONE LAYER Lead

Halogens and their role in polar boundary-layer ozone depletion

During springtime in the polar regions, unique photochemistry converts inert halide salt ions (e.g. Br) into reactive halogen species (e.g. Br atoms and BrO) that deplete ozone in the boundary layer to near zero levels. Since their discovery in the late 1980s, research on ozone depletion events (ODEs) has made great advances; however many key processes remain poorly understood. In this article ...