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On the contribution of chemical oscillations to ozone depletion events in the polar spring
Maximilian Herrmann
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Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Holger Sihler
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Ulrich Platt
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Heidelberg Center for the Environment, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Eva Gutheil
Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Heidelberg Center for the Environment, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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The oscillations of tropospheric ODEs in the Arctic spring is studied numerically. After the termination of an ODE, the reactive bromine is deposited onto aerosols/the snow surface, and the ozone may regenerate. The replenished ozone is available for the next autocatalytic bromine release, leading to the oscillation of an ODE. Its dependence on the NOx mixing ratio, the inversion layer strength, the ambient temperature, the aerosol density, and the solar radiation is investigated.
The oscillations of tropospheric ODEs in the Arctic spring is studied numerically. After the...
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