Brief communication "Stratospheric winds, transport barriers and the 2011 Arctic ozone hole"

The Arctic stratosphere throughout the late winter and early spring of 2011 was characterized by an unusually severe ozone loss, resulting in what has been described as an ozone hole. The 2011 ozone loss was made possible by unusually cold temperatures throughout the Arctic stratosphere. Here we...

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Main Authors: M. J. Olascoaga, M. G. Brown, F. J. Beron-Vera, H. Koçak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-12-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/19/687/2012/npg-19-687-2012.pdf