• DOI:10.1080/16000889.2018.1507391
Corpus ID: 106298119

The relevance of reactions of the methyl peroxy radical (CH3O2) and methylhypochlorite (CH3OCl) for Antarctic chlorine activation and ozone loss

@article{Zafar2018TheRO,
  title={The relevance of reactions of the methyl peroxy radical (CH3O2) and methylhypochlorite (CH3OCl) for Antarctic chlorine activation and ozone loss},
  author={A. M. Zafar and R. M{\"u}ller and Jens-Uwe Grooss and Sabine Robrecht and B. Vogel and R. Lehmann},
  journal={Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology},
  year={2018},
  volume={70},
  pages={1 - 18}
}

A. M. Zafar, R. Müller, +3 authors R. Lehmann

Published 2018

Chemistry

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Abstract The maintenance of large concentrations of active chlorine in Antarctic spring allows strong chemical ozone destruction to occur. In the lower stratosphere (approximately 16–18 km, 85–55 hPa, 390–430 K) in the core of the polar vortex, high levels of active chlorine are maintained, although rapid gas-phase production of HCl occurs. The maintenance is achieved through HCl null cycles in which the HCl production is balanced by immediate reactivation. The chemistry of the methyl peroxy… CONTINUE READING

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