Ozone-depleting potential

From Glossary of Meteorology



ozone-depleting potential

A measure of the ability of a halocarbon source gas to destroy stratospheric ozone, determined relative to an equal mass of chlorofluorocarbon-11.

The ozone-depleting potential is usually determined by examining the effects on the ozone layer of the addition of the compound under investigation using atmospheric models.


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