Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1079-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1079-2018
Research article
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26 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 26 Jan 2018

Climate impact of idealized winter polar mesospheric and stratospheric ozone losses as caused by energetic particle precipitation

Katharina Meraner and Hauke Schmidt

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Using a coupled Earth system model and radiative transfer modeling we show that the radiative forcing of a winter polar mesospheric ozone loss due to energetic particle precipitation is negligible. A climate impact of a mesospheric ozone loss as suggested by Andersson et al. (2014, Nature Communications) seems unlikely. A winter polar stratospheric ozone loss due to energetic particle precipitation leads to a small warming of the stratosphere, but only a few statistically significant changes.
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