Effects of a massive pulse injection of NOₓ into the stratosphere [electronic resource]
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Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Livermore, Calif : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy,
1978.
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Abstract: | Recent measurements of chemical reaction rates have greatly reduced the modeled sensitivity of stratospheric ozone toward injections of NOₓ (NOₓ = NO + NO₂) in amounts comparable to the natural NOₓ inventory. Most of this reduced effect results from interference between NOₓ and HOₓ catalytic ozone destruction mechanisms. For very large NOₓ injections (such as might be generated from a major nuclear exchange involving devices of greater than one megaton yield) the interfering processes saturate and large ozone depletions are still computed. Smaller total injections or lower altitude injections (such as might be generated by sub megaton devices) have much lesser computed effects. |
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Item Description: | Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information. 04/01/1978. "ucrl-80397" Chang, J.S.; Duewer, W.H.; Wuebbles, D.J. CONF-780613--1. |
Physical Description: | Pages: 8 : digital, PDF file. |