Alternate Definitions for Ozone hole

exclude archived terms
Term: Ozone hole
Definition: A characteristic severe depletion of stratospheric ozone that occurs each spring over the Antarctic continent. The depletion is caused by the catalytic destruction of ozone by chlorine, released from fluorocarbons and activated by the presence of polar stratospheric cloud particles in the extreme cold of the Antarctic stratosphere.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
Contributed by GCW Glossary
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/99152/h6965
Term: Ozone hole
Definition: Is a sharp seasonal decrease in stratospheric ozone concentration that occurs over Antarctica in the spring. First detected in the late 1970s, the ozone hole continues to appear as a result of complex chemical reaction in the atmosphere that involves CFCs.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
Contributed by GCW Glossary
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/99152/h6966
Term: Ozone hole
Definition: A characteristic severe depletion of stratospheric ozone that occurs each spring over the Antarctic continent. The depletion is caused by the catalytic destruction of ozone by chlorine, released from fluorocarbons and activated by the presence of polar stratospheric cloud particles in the extreme cold of the Antarctic stratosphere.  AMSglossary 

Is a sharp seasonal decrease in stratospheric ozone concentration that occurs over Antarctica in the spring. First detected in the late 1970s, the ozone hole continues to appear as a result of complex chemical reaction in the atmosphere that involves CFCs.  PhysicalGeography 

 GCW 
Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
Contributed by GCW Glossary
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/99152/h2954