Fig. 3: Distribution of rocket-distributed species in the stratosphere. | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Fig. 3: Distribution of rocket-distributed species in the stratosphere.

From: Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery

Fig. 3

a–e Concentration anomalies of annual, zonal-mean distribution of rocket-emitted species in the “ambitious growth” scenario. a Black carbon in the BC simulation; b Sub-micron fraction alumina in the ALL simulation; c Inorganic chlorine (Cly = HCl + ClONO2 + HOCl + ClO + 2 × Cl2O2 + Cl + 2 × Cl2 + BrCl) in the GAS simulation; d Water vapour in the GAS simulation; e Nitrogen oxides (NOx=NO+NO2) in the GAS simulation. Black contour lines in (c–e) show the background concentration of that species in the REF simulation (units of ppb for Cly and NOx and ppm for water vapour). Black carbon and alumina are not present in the REF simulation, so their background concentration is not indicated in (a, b). f Ozone concentration in the REF simulation.

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