Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 118501 (2009) [4 pages]Correlation between Cosmic Rays and Ozone DepletionReceived 7 August 2008; published 19 March 2009 This Letter reports reliable satellite data in the period of 1980–2007 covering two full 11-yr cosmic ray (CR) cycles, clearly showing the correlation between CRs and ozone depletion, especially the polar ozone loss (hole) over Antarctica. The results provide strong evidence of the physical mechanism that the CR-driven electron-induced reaction of halogenated molecules plays the dominant role in causing the ozone hole. Moreover, this mechanism predicts one of the severest ozone losses in 2008–2009 and probably another large hole around 2019–2020, according to the 11-yr CR cycle. © 2009 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.118501
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.118501
PACS:
92.70.Cp, 34.80.Ht, 82.65.+r, 89.60.−k
See AlsoComment: M. Alvarez-Madrigal, Comment on “Correlation between Cosmic Rays and Ozone Depletion”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 169801 (2010). |
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