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Chemical ozone loss and chlorine activation in the Antarctic winters of 2013–2020
Raina Roy
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CORAL, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India
Department of Physical Oceanography, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, 682016, India
Pankaj Kumar
CORAL, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India
Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath
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CORAL, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India
Franck Lefevre
LATMOS, IPSL, Sorbonne Université, UVSQ, CNRS, 75252 Paris, France
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We assess the interannual variability of ozone loss and chlorine activation in the Antarctic winters of 2013–2020. The analysis shows significant interannual variability in the Antarctic ozone during this period as compared to the previous decade (2000–2010). Dynamics and chemistry of the winters play their respective roles in the ozone loss process. The winter of 2019 is an example of favourable chemistry helping in the large loss of ozone, though the dynamical conditions were unfavourable.
We assess the interannual variability of ozone loss and chlorine activation in the Antarctic...
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