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The influence of energetic particle precipitation on Antarctic stratospheric chlorine and ozone over the 20th century
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Pavle Arsenovic
Risk Management Solutions, London, UK
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Annika Seppälä
Department of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Hilde Nesse Tyssøy
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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We simulate the effect of energetic particle precipitation (EPP) on Antarctic stratospheric ozone chemistry over the whole 20th century. We find a significant increase of reactive nitrogen due to EP, which can deplete ozone via a catalytic reaction. Furthermore, significant modulation of active chlorine is obtained related to EPP, which impacts ozone depletion by both active chlorine and EPP. Our results show that EPP has been a significant modulator of ozone chemistry during the CFC era.
We simulate the effect of energetic particle precipitation (EPP) on Antarctic stratospheric...
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