Stratospheric ozone loss over the Eurasian continent induced by the polar vortex shift

Climate change can exert a significant effect on the ozone recovery. Here, the authors show that the Arctic polar vortex shift associated with Arctic sea-ice loss could slow down ozone recovery over the Eurasian continent.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jiankai Zhang, Wenshou Tian, Fei Xie, Martyn P. Chipperfield, Wuhu Feng, Seok-Woo Son, N. Luke Abraham, Alexander T. Archibald, Slimane Bekki, Neal Butchart, Makoto Deushi, Sandip Dhomse, Yuanyuan Han, Patrick Jöckel, Douglas Kinnison, Ole Kirner, Martine Michou, Olaf Morgenstern, Fiona M. O’Connor, Giovanni Pitari, David A. Plummer, Laura E. Revell, Eugene Rozanov, Daniele Visioni, Wuke Wang, Guang Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02565-2