Chemistry and Radiation Changes in the Ozone Layer

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Developments in Tropospheric Chemistry....Pages 1-12
3-D Tropospheric Model Development: Impact of Non Methane Hydrocarbon Chemistry ....Pages 13-24
Model Analysis of Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange of Ozone and Its Role in the Tropospheric Ozone Budget....Pages 25-43
Peroxy Radicals Concentration and Ozone Generation Rate for Different Regions of Russia as a Result of Troica-2 Experiment....Pages 45-53
Overview of Concepts and Results of the Paur I and Paur II Projects....Pages 55-73
Global Impact of Aircraft Emission on Ozone Concentrations and Methane Lifetime: Results from the 1999 IPCC Aircraft Assessment....Pages 75-89
The Impact of NO x and H 2 O Emissions from Future Sub- and Supersonic Aircraft upon the Chemical Composition of the Atmosphere....Pages 91-97
Calculations of Radiative Forcing from Ozone Change....Pages 99-104
Atmospheric Ozone as a Climate Gas: Studies Concerning Aircraft Emissions....Pages 105-119
Tropospheric Aerosol Formation: Processes, Observations and Simulations....Pages 121-138
Background Levels of Atmospheric Particulate Matter over the Northeast Atlantic Ocean....Pages 139-142
The Effect of Aerosol on UV Flux at the Earth’s Surface....Pages 143-154
A Simplified Spectral Model for UV Irradiance Computations....Pages 155-167
Observed Long-Term Ozone and UV Changes....Pages 169-177
Variability of Daily and Annual Cycles of Mean Erythemal Solar Irradiance Related to Total Ozone Variability....Pages 179-186
UV Irradiance Patterns in Italy....Pages 187-193
Calibration and Characterization of Erythemal Broadband Detectors....Pages 195-202
Chemistry and Radiation Changes in the Ozone Layer....Pages 203-226
Springtime Stratospheric Ozone Over Marambio, Antarctic During 1990–1998....Pages 227-231
Stratospheric ClO Across the Edge of the Arctic Polar Vortex: Measurements of the Airborne Submillimeter SIS Radiometer Compared to 3-D Model Calculations....Pages 233-240
Vertical Profiles of Long Lived Trace Gases....Pages 241-244
Study of the Artic Polar Vortex Erosion from Ozone Lidar Measurements Performed at OHP (44N,6E)....Pages 245-249
APE-GAIA Airborne Polar Experiment Geophysica Aircraft in Antarctica....Pages 251-264
Heterogeneous Processes in the Atmosphere....Pages 265-283
Kinetics and Mechanism of Homogeneous Reactions of Halomethanes with Chlorine Atoms....Pages 285-292
Nasa’s Experience in Deriving Total Ozone from Satellites....Pages 293-299
Satellite Observations of Tropospheric and Stratospheric Gases....Pages 301-329
Monte Carlo Simulations of Radiative Transfer for Limb Scan Measurements....Pages 331-333
Performances of the Near Real Time Code for MIPAS Data Analysis....Pages 335-347
Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm for Satellite Solar Occultation and Infrared Emission Measurements....Pages 349-361
An ‘Intermediate’ General Circulation Model for Ozone Change Studies....Pages 363-371
Numerical Study of Possible Influence of Longitudinal Ozone Inhomogeneities on Dynamics of the Middle Atmosphere....Pages 373-382
Investigation on Different Total Ozone Time Scale Components....Pages 383-388
Back Matter....Pages 389-398