Main Title |
Responses and Effects of UV-G. |
Author |
Worrest, R. C. ;
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CORP Author |
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. |
Year Published |
1985 |
Report Number |
EPA-R-810288; |
Stock Number |
PB86-199593 |
Additional Subjects |
Radiation effects ;
Ozone ;
Agriculture ;
Ecology ;
Reprints ;
Nuclear war ;
Air pollution ;
Biological effects
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB86-199593 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
14p |
Abstract |
Potential stratospheric ozone perturbations following a nuclear war would be highly dependent on the yield of the individual explosions. The senario involving mainly high-yield nuclear weapons described in Vol. I yields a maximum ozone column depletion of 44% after 6 months. Scenarios involving lower yield weapons would produce little stratospheric ozone reduction. As calculated with simple one-dimensional models assuming an unperturbed climate, maximum ozone depletion would be reached in 6-12 months, and a depletion of at least 10% could persist for about 3 to 6 years for the high-yield scenario. The effectively instantaneous meridional and longitudinal spreading that occurs in the one-dimensional model utilized in these calculations may under-estimate ozone reduction in the Northern mid-latitudes for the first few months, when the injected NOx would remain peaked over the involved areas. Increases in ultraviolet flux at the surface would depend on latitude and season, and absorption by intervening clouds of smoke and other species. |
Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War (Scope 28), Vol. 2. Ecological and Agricultural Effects, Section 3.2, p174-184 Dec 85. Sponsored by Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. |
NTIS Title Notes |
Symposium paper. |
Title Annotations |
Reprint: Responses and Effects of UV-G. |
PUB Date Free Form |
1985 |
Category Codes |
6F; 68F; 57H; 74 |
NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
Primary Description |
600/02 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
618822121 |
Origin |
NTIS |
Type |
CAT |