Scientific assessment of ozone depletion: 2006. Twenty questions and answers about the ozone layer: 2006 update.

Author(s) : ONU Environnement (ex-PNUE), WMO, Eur. Comm., NOAA, NASA, FAHEY D. W.

Type of monograph: Report

Summary

This document answers some of the most commonly asked questions about the ozone layer. It is a component of the 2006 report of the Montreal Protocol Scientific Assessment Panel. The answers are based on the information presented in the 2006 and earlier Assessment reports. Topics of the questions are: ozone in our atmosphere; the ozone depletion process; stratospheric ozone depletion; controlling ozone-depleting gases; implications of ozone depletion; stratospheric ozone in the future. The document, along with the Executive summary (see this Bulletin, reference 2007-2893) and the full assessment 2006 report, can be downloaded from the Web site: http://ozone.unep.org/Assessment_Panels/SAP/Scientific_Assessment_2006/index.shtml.

Details

  • Original title: Scientific assessment of ozone depletion: 2006. Twenty questions and answers about the ozone layer: 2006 update.
  • Record ID : 2007-2892
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Environment, General information, HFCs alternatives
  • Publication: UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) - Kenya/Kenya
  • Publication date: 2007/03
  • ISBN: 9789280727852
  • Source: Source: OZO-0906-NA; 50 p. (21.5 x 28); fig.; phot.; tabl.