Sentences with phrase «total ozone in the stratosphere»

'' «It all amounts to a mystery, but a troubling one because ozone protects life at the surface from incoming ultraviolet radiation, and any thinning of total ozone in the stratosphere is cause for concern.

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At present, naturally - emitted VSLS account for around 90 % of the total ozone loss caused by VSLS in the lower stratosphere.

They point out that the 50 per cent loss of ozone at low altitudes in the stratosphere is equivalent to a 15 per cent loss of total ozone (Nature, vol 259, p 283).

That change corresponds to a total change to the GHE of 0.9 °C which I will consider 1 °C as the ozone transfer really takes place in the stratosphere.

Thanks to the Montreal Protocol, the total chlorine released by ozone - depleting substances is declining in both the stratosphere and the lower atmosphere.

But, Jackman says, only a few percent of total ozone resides in the mesosphere and upper stratosphere.

This mission is accomplished through long - term observations and intensive field programs that measure total column ozone, ozone vertical profiles (ozonesondes and umkehrs), ground level ozone, and water vapor vertical profiles in the upper troposphere and stratosphere.