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Chlorofluoromethanes: Threats to the ozone layer
Author(s) -
Crutzen Paul J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg017i007p01824
Subject(s) - ozone layer , period (music) , atmosphere (unit) , meteorology , environmental science , ozone , atmospheric sciences , geography , geology , physics , acoustics
In his contribution to the report of the U. S. National Committee to the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics for the period 1971–1974, Ralph Cicerone (1975) concluded with the following remark: “Hopefully, it is clear that the period 1971–1974 was a very active one, if mostly because of threats to our climate and well being.” The intensity of the activities in the research of the ozone layer during the past four years have certainly equalled those during the period 1971–1974. Great advances have been made, especially in our understanding of the fundamental photochemical processes which govern the ozone distribution of the atmosphere. Altogether this decade has seen so many unforeseen developments that it will be difficult to find another field in atmospheric science which has provided a comparable amount of excitement.