Contribution of liquid, NAT and ice particles to chlorine activation and ozone depletion in Antarctic winter and spring

Kirner, O.; Müller, R.; Ruhnke, R.; Fischer, H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2019-2015

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24 Feb 2015

Research article |

| 24 Feb 2015

Contribution of liquid, NAT and ice particles to chlorine activation and ozone depletion in Antarctic winter and spring

O. Kirner, R. Müller, R. Ruhnke, and H. Fischer

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RC C3362: 'Review of Kirner et al.', Ingo Wohltmann, 10 Jun 2014
- AC C7235: 'Author comment on review 1 by Ingo Wohltmann', Oliver Kirner, 19 Sep 2014
  - AC C7357: 'Corrected version including figures.', Oliver Kirner, 24 Sep 2014
RC C3528: 'Review to ACP 2014-336', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Jun 2014
- AC C7261: 'Author comment on review by referee#2', Oliver Kirner, 19 Sep 2014
  - AC C7358: 'Corrected version including figures.', Oliver Kirner, 24 Sep 2014

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Oliver Kirner on behalf of the Authors (13 Nov 2014)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Dec 2014) by Mathias Palm

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (12 Dec 2014)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (22 Dec 2014) by Mathias Palm

AR by Oliver Kirner on behalf of the Authors (14 Jan 2015) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Jan 2015) by Mathias Palm

AR by Oliver Kirner on behalf of the Authors (21 Jan 2015)

Short summary

We use multi-year simulations of the chemistry--climate model EMAC to investigate the impact that the various types of PSCs have on Antarctic chlorine activation and ozone loss. Heterogeneous chemistry on liquid particles is responsible for more than 90% of the ozone depletion in Antarctic spring in the model simulations. In high southern latitudes, heterogeneous chemistry on ice particles causes only up to 5 DU of additional ozone depletion and chemistry on NAT particles less than 0.5 DU.