Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001georl..28.2389e&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 28, Issue 12, p. 2389-2392
Physics
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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, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Theoretical Modeling
Scientific paper
Ozone depletion is a major global scientific and environmental problem. One of its causes is the anthropogenic increase of CFCs in the atmosphere, which results in the enhancement of the concentration of reactive chlorine in the stratosphere. To reduce the influence of anthropogenic ozone-depleting substances, the Montreal Protocol was agreed by Governments in 1987, with several Amendments adopted later. What has been the result of the Montreal Protocol and its Amendments (MPA)? Here we present the first 3D-model assessment of the effect of the MPa on atmospheric ozone which has been performed with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model (ACTM). We find that the MPA has saved up to 2% of the present-day total ozone in the Northern Hemisphere and about 5% in the Southern Hemisphere. Our calculations also show that CFCs do not play the major role in the observed recent total ozone variations.
Andronova Natalia G.
Egorova Tatiana A.
Karol Igor L.
Malyshev Sergey L.
Rozanov Eugene V.
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