Carbonate precipitation in brine triggers ozone depletion events

Carbonate precipitation in brine – the trigger for tropospheric ozone depletion events R. Sander, J. Burrows, and L. Kaleschke Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany Institute of Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing, University of Bremen, Germany now at: Institute of Oceanography, Center for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hamburg, Germany Received: 3 July 2006 – Accepted: 10 July 2006 – Published: 25 July 2006 Correspondence to: R. Sander ([email protected])