Climatic effects due to halogenated compounds in the earth's atmosphere

Abstract

A one-dimensional radiative-convective model is used to perform a sensitivity study of the effect of ozone depletion in the stratosphere on the surface temperature. There could be a cooling of the surface temperature by similar 0. 2 K due to chlorofluoromethane-induced ozone depletion at steady state (assuming 1973 release rates). This cooling reduces significantly the greenhouse effect due to the presence of chlorofluoromethanes.