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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-5299-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-5299-2013
Research article
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27 May 2013
Research article |  | 27 May 2013

Why unprecedented ozone loss in the Arctic in 2011? Is it related to climate change?

J.-P. Pommereau, F. Goutail, F. Lefèvre, A. Pazmino, C. Adams, V. Dorokhov, P. Eriksen, R. Kivi, K. Stebel, X. Zhao, and M. van Roozendael

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