Observational evidence for the role of denitrification in Arctic stratospheric ozone loss

R. S. Gao; E. C. Richard; P. J. Popp; G. C. Toon; D. F. Hurst; P. A. Newman; J. C. Holecek; M. J. Northway; D. W. Fahey; M. Y. Danilin; B. Sen; K. Aikin; P. A. Romashkin; J. W. Elkins; C. R. Webster; S. M. Schauffler; J. B. Greenblatt; C. T. McElroy; L. R. Lait; T. P. Bui; D. Baumgardner

doi:10.1029/2001GL013173

Observational evidence for the role of denitrification in Arctic stratospheric ozone loss

R. S. Gao
, E. C. Richard
, P. J. Popp
, G. C. Toon
, D. F. Hurst
, P. A. Newman
, J. C. Holecek
, M. J. Northway
, D. W. Fahey
, M. Y. Danilin
, B. Sen
, K. Aikin
, P. A. Romashkin
, J. W. Elkins
, C. R. Webster
, S. M. Schauffler
, J. B. Greenblatt
, C. T. McElroy
, L. R. Lait
, T. P. Bui

D. Baumgardner

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
University of Colorado Boulder
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Verisk Atmospheric and Environmental Research
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NASA Ames Research Center
Université Laval and Environment and Climate Change Canada
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Severe and extensive denitrification, chlorine activation, and photochemical ozone loss were observed throughout the lower stratosphere in the 1999-2000 Arctic vortex. A large number of air parcels sampled between late February and mid-March, 2000, were photochemically intercomparable for chemical O₃ loss rates. In these air parcels, the temporal evolution of the correlations of O₃ with the NO_y remaining after denitrification provides strong evidence for the role of NO_y in moderating O₃ destruction. In 71%-denitrified air parcels, a chemical O₃ destruction rate of 63 ppbv/day was calculated, while in 43%-denitrified air parcels the destruction rate was only 43 ppbv/day. These observational results show that representative denitrification models will be required for accurate prediction of future Arctic O₃ changes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2879-2882
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	28
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2001GL013173
State	Published - Aug 1 2001
Externally published	Yes

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Gao, R. S., Richard, E. C., Popp, P. J., Toon, G. C., Hurst, D. F., Newman, P. A., Holecek, J. C., Northway, M. J., Fahey, D. W., Danilin, M. Y., Sen, B., Aikin, K., Romashkin, P. A., Elkins, J. W., Webster, C. R., Schauffler, S. M., Greenblatt, J. B., McElroy, C. T., Lait, L. R., ... Baumgardner, D. (2001). Observational evidence for the role of denitrification in Arctic stratospheric ozone loss. Geophysical Research Letters, 28(15), 2879-2882. https://doi.org/10.1029/2001GL013173

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