Articles | Volume 14, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4135-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4135-2020
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19 Nov 2020
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Distinguishing the impacts of ozone and ozone-depleting substances on the recent increase in Antarctic surface mass balance

Rei Chemke, Michael Previdi, Mark R. England, and Lorenzo M. Polvani

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The increase in Antarctic surface mass balance (SMB, precipitation vs. evaporation/sublimation) is projected to mitigate sea-level rise. Here we show that nearly half of this increase over the 20th century is attributed to stratospheric ozone depletion and ozone-depleting substance (ODS) emissions. Our results suggest that the phaseout of ODS by the Montreal Protocol, and the recovery of stratospheric ozone, will act to decrease the SMB over the 21st century and the mitigation of sea-level rise.