International Authors, Contributors, and Reviewers
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 1998
Executive Summary
World Meteorological Organization Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project - Report No. 44
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
World Meterological Organization
European Commission
United Nations Environment Programme
Assessment Co-chairs
Daniel L. Albritton, Pieter J. Aucamp, Gérard Mégie, and Robert T. Watson
Chapters and Lead Authors
Part 1. Halocarbon, Ozone, and Temperature Changes
- Chapter 1. Long-Lived Ozone-Related Compounds (Ronald G. Prinn and R. Zander)
- Chapter 2. Short-Lived Ozone-Related Compounds (Michael J. Kurylo and José M. Rodríguez)
- Chapter 3. Global Distributions and Changes in Stratospheric Particles (Sophie Godin and Lamont R. Poole)
- Chapter 4. Ozone Variability and Trends (Rumen D. Bojkov and Robert Hudson)
- Chapter 5. Trends in Stratospheric Temperatures (Marie-Lise Chanin and V. Ramaswamy)
Part 2. Advances in Understanding the Processes Involved
- Chapter 6. Upper Stratospheric Processes (Rolf Müller and Ross J. Salawitch)
- Chapter 7. Lower Stratospheric Processes (A.R. Ravishankara and Theodore G. Shepherd)
- Chapter 8. Tropospheric Ozone and Related Processes (Jos Lelieveld and Anne M. Thompson)
Part 3. Impacts of Ozone Changes
- Chapter 9. Ultraviolet Radiation at the Earth's Surface (Jay R. Herman and Richard L. McKenzie)
- Chapter 10. Climate Effects of Ozone and Halocarbon Changes (Claire Granier and Keith P. Shine)
Part 4. Predictions of Future Changes
- Chapter 11. Halocarbon Scenarios for the Future Ozone Layer and Related Consequences (Sasha Madronich and Guus J.M. Velders)
- Chapter 12. Predicting Future Ozone Changes and Detection of Recovery (David J. Hofmann and John A. Pyle)
Coordinator: Frequently Asked Questions About Ozone
Gérard Mégie, Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS, France
Authors, Contributors, and Reviewers
| Alberto Adriani | Consiglio Nazionale della Richerche Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera | Italy |
| Daniel L. Albritton | NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory | US |
| Georgios T. Amanatidis | European Commission | Belgium |
| James G. Anderson | Harvard University | US |
| Meinrat O. Andreae | Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie | Germany |
| James K. Angell | NOAA Air Resources Laboratory | US |
| Roger Atkinson | Bureau of Meteorology | Australia |
| Elliot L. Atlas | National Center for Atmospheric Research | US |
| Pieter J. Aucamp | Ptersa Environmental Consultants | South Africa |
| John Austin | U.K. Meteorological Office | UK |
| Linnea Avallone | University of Colorado | US |
| Dimitrios S. Balis | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Greece |
| John Barnes | NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory | US |
| J. Barnett | Oxford University | UK |
| Darrel Baumgardner | National Center for Atmospheric Research | US |
| Slimane Bekki | Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS | France |
| Germar Bernhard | Fraunhofer-Institut für Atmosphärische Umweltforschung | Germany |
| Richard Bevilacqua | Naval Research Laboratory | US |
| P.K. Bhartia | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | US |
| Lane Bishop | AlliedSignal Inc. | US |
| Donald R. Blake | University of California at Irvine | US |
| Mario Blumthaler | Universität Innsbruck | Austria |
| Greg Bodeker | National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA) | New Zealand |
| Barry A. Bodhaine | NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory | US |
| Rumen D. Bojkov | World Meteorological Organization | Switzerland |
| C. Rocky Booth | Biospherical Instruments, Inc. | US |
| Stephan Borrmann | Universität Mainz | Germany |
| Byron Boville | National Center for Atmospheric Research | US |
| Guy Brasseur | National Center for Atmospheric Research | US |
| Christoph Brühl | Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie | Germany |
| William H. Brune | Pennsylvania State University | US |
| Neal Butchart | U.K. Meteorological Office | UK |
| James H. Butler | NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory | US |
| Pablo O. Canziani | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| Daniel Cariolle | Météo-France, Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques | France |
| Ken Carslaw | Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie | Germany |
| Edward Celarier | Software Corporation of America | US |
| Marie-Lise Chanin | Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS | France |
| Martyn Chipperfield | Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge | UK |
| H. Claude | Meteorological Observatory Hohenpeißenberg | Germany |
| Cathy Clerbaux | Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS | France |
| Michael Coffey | National Center for Atmospheric Research | US |
| Peter S. Connell | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | US |
| David B. Considine | University of Maryland; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | US |
| R.A. Cox | Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge | UK |
| Paul J. Crutzen | Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie | Germany |
| Derek M. Cunnold | Georgia Institute of Technology | US |
| Martin Dameris | Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt | Germany |
| John S. Daniel | NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory | US |
| Christine David | Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS | France |
| Richard Derwent | U.K. Meterological Office | UK |
| Terry Deshler | University of Wyoming | US |
| Roseanne D. Diab | University of Natal | South Africa |
| Susana Diaz | Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas (CADIC) | Argentina |
| Ed Dlugokencky | NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory | US |
| Guido Di Donfrancesco | Consiglio Nazionale della Richerche Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera | Italy |
| Thomas Duafala | Tri-Cal Research Division | US |
| Dieter H. Ehhalt | Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre | Germany |
| James W. Elkins | NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory | US |
| Andreas Engel | Universität Frankfurt | Germany |
| Christine A. Ennis | NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory | US |
| David E. Etheridge | CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research | Australia |
| Simon J. Evans | Imperial College | UK |
| David W. Fahey | NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory | US |
| Vitali Fioletov | Atmospheric Environment Service | Canada |
| Jack Fishman | NASA Langley Research Center | US |
| Eric L. Fleming | Space Applications Corporation | US |
| Lawrence E. Flynn | Software Corporation of America | US |
| Piers M. de F. Forster | University of Reading | UK |
| J. Paul F. Fortuin | Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI) | The Netherlands |
| Paul J. Fraser | CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research | Australia |
| Lucien Froidevaux | California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory | US |
| Michael Fromm | Computational Physics, Inc. | US |
| Jan Fuglestvedt | Universitetet I Oslo/CICERO | Norway |
| Dian J. Gaffen | NOAA Air Resources Laboratory | US |
| Marvin A. Geller | State University of New York at Stony Brook | US |
| Melvyn E. Gelman | NOAA NWS Climate Prediction Center | US |
| Sophie Godin | Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS | France |
| Allen Goldstein | College of Natural Resources | UK |
| George S. Golitsyn | Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia |
| Claire Granier | Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS; NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory | France/US |
| William B. Grant | NASA Langley Research Center | US |
| Jens-Uwe Grooß | Forschungszentrum Jülich | Germany |
| Robert Guicherit | Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) | The Netherlands |
| Michael R. Gunson | California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory | US |
| James Hansen | NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies | US |
| Jochen Harnisch | Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie | Germany |
| Neil R.P. Harris | European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit | UK |
| Dana E. Hartley | Georgia Institute of Technology | US |
| Fumio Hasebe | Ibaraki University | Japan |
| Alain Hauchecorne | Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS | France |
| Didier Hauglustaine | National Center for Atmospheric Research | US |
| Peter Haynes | Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge | UK |
| Jay R. Herman | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | US |
| Mark Hervig | University of Wyoming | US |
| David J. Hofmann | NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory | US |
| Stacey M. Hollandsworth | Space Applications Corporation | US |
| James R. Holton | University of Washington | US |
| Øystein Hov | Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning (NILU) | Norway |
| Robert Hudson | University of Maryland | US |
| Drusilla Hufford | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | US |
| Dale F. Hurst | NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory/CIRES | US |
| Abdel Moneim Ibrahim | Egyptian Meteorological Authority | Egypt |
| Mohammad I. Ilyas | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia |
| Ivar S.A. Isaksen | Universitetet I Oslo | Norway |
| Tomoyuki Ito | Japan Meteorological Agency | Japan |
| Charles H. Jackman | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | US |
| Daniel J. Jacob | Harvard University | US |
| Evgeny A. Jadin | Central Aerological Observatory | Russia |
| Horst Jäger | Fraunhofer-Institut für Atmosphärische Umweltforschung | Germany |
| Nicholas B. Jones | National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA) | New Zealand |
| Rod Jones | Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge | UK |
| Jan-Eiof Jonson | Universitetet I Oslo | Norway |
| Torben S. Jørgensen | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut | Denmark |
| Kenneth W. Jucks | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | US |
| Igor Karol | A.I. Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory | Russia |
| David Karoly | Monash University | Australia |
| Randy Kawa | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | US |
| Jack A. Kaye | NASA Headquarters | US |
| Philippe Keckhut | Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS | France |
| Hennie Kelder | Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI) | The Netherlands |
| James B. Kerr | Atmospheric Environment Service | Canada |
| Jhoon Kim | Korea Aerospace Research Institute | Republic of Korea |
| Douglas E. Kinnison | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | US |
| Volker Kirchhoff | Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) | Brazil |
| Dieter Kley | Forschungszentrum Jülich | Germany |
| Malcolm K.W. Ko | Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. | US |
| Kunihiko Kodera | Meteorological Research Institute | Japan |
| Yutaka Kondo | Nagoya University | Japan |
| Yuri Koshelkov | Central Aerological Observatory | Russia |
| Nickolay Krotkov | Raytheon STX Inc. | US |
| Janusz Krzyscin | Polish Academy of Sciences | Poland |
| Michael Kuhn | Fraunhofer-Institut für Atmosphärische Umweltforschung | Germany |
| Michael J. Kurylo | National Institute of Standards and Technology; NASA Headquarters | US |
| Karin Labitzke | Freie Universität Berlin | Germany |
| G.J. Labow | Raytheon STX Inc. | US |
| William A. Lahoz | University of Reading | UK |
| Murari Lal | Indian Institute of Technology | India |
| Shyam Lal | Physical Research Laboratory | India |
| Neils Larsen | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut | Denmark |
| David J. Lary | Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge | UK |
| Yuan-Pern Lee | National Tsing Hua University | Taiwan |
| Franck Lefèvre | Météo-France, Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques | France |
| Jos Lelieveld | Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU) | The Netherlands |
| Jacqueline Lenoble | Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 1 | France |
| Kirsti Leszczynski | Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) | Finland |
| Joel M. Levy | NOAA Office of Global Programs | US |
| J.-J. Roger Lin | Research and Data Systems Corporation | US |
| Jennifer A. Logan | Harvard University | US |
| Craig S. Long | NOAA NWS Climate Prediction Center | US |
| Beiping Luo | Zhenjiang Rietschle Machinery Company, Ltd. | China |
| E.V. Lysenko | Central Aerological Observatory | Russia |
| Sasha Madronich | National Center for Atmospheric Research | US |
| Emmanuel Mahieu | Université de Liège | Belgium |
| Jerry D. Mahlman | NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory | US |
| Manfred Maiss | Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie | Germany |
| Gloria L. Manney | California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory | US |
| Andrew Matthews | National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA) | New Zealand |
| Bernhard Mayer | Fraunhofer-Institut für Atmosphärische Umweltforschung | Germany |
| M. Patrick McCormick | Hampton University | US |
| Archie McCulloch | ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd. | UK |
| Mack McFarland | DuPont Fluoroproducts | US |
| Danny McKenna | Forschungszentrum Jülich | Germany |
| Richard L. McKenzie | National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA) | New Zealand |
| Richard D. McPeters | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | US |
| Gérard Mégie | Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS | France |
| Pauline M. Midgley | M & D Consulting | Germany |
| Jana B. Milford | University of Colorado | US |
| Alvin J. Miller | NOAA NWS Climate Prediction Center | US |
| Forrest Mims | Sun Photometer Atmospheric Network | US |
| Philippe Mirabel | Université Louis Pasteur | France |
| Masa Miyauchi | Japan Meteorological Agency | Japan |
| Mario J. Molina | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | US |
| Stephen A. Montzka | NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory | US |
| Gary A. Morris | Valparaiso University | US |
| Mike Mozurkewich | York University | Canada |
| Rolf Müller | Forschungszentrum Jülich | Germany |
| Gunnar Myhre | Universitetet I Oslo | Norway |
| Hideaki Nakane | National Institute for Environmental Studies | Japan |
| John Nash | U.K. Meteorological Office | UK |
| Patrick Neale | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center | US |
| Gerald E. Nedoluha | Naval Research Laboratory | US |
| Roland Neuber | Alfred Wegener Institute | Germany |
| Cynthia D. Nevison | National Center for Atmospheric Research | US |
| Paul A. Newman | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | US |
| Ole J. Nielsen | Risø National Laboratory | Denmark |
| Paul C. Novelli | NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory | US |
| Alan O'Neill | University of Reading | UK |
| Donal O'Sullivan | NorthWest Research Associates, Inc. | US |
| Samuel J. Oltmans | NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory | US |
| Michael Oppenheimer | Environmental Defense Fund | US |
| David E. Oram | University of East Anglia | UK |
| John J. Orlando | National Center for Atmospheric Research | US |
| Mary Osborn | Science Applications International Corporation | US |
| Stuart A. Penkett | University of East Anglia | UK |
| Joyce Penner | University of Michigan | US |
| Thomas Peter | Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie | Germany |
| Ruben Piacentini | Planetario y Observatorio de Rosario | Argentina |
| Michel Pirre | Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS | France |
| Giovanni Pitari | Università degli Studi dell'Aquila | Italy |
| Alan Plumb | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | US |
| Jean-Pierre Pommereau | Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS | France |
| Lamont R. Poole | NASA Langley Research Center | US |
| Bob Portmann | NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory | US |
| Gilles Poulet | Laboratoire de Combustion et Systèmes Réactifs du CNRS | France |
| Michael Prather | University of California at Irvine | US |
| M. Margarita Préndez | Universidad de Chile | Chile |
| Ronald G. Prinn | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | US |
| John A. Pyle | Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge | UK |
| V. Ramaswamy | NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory | US |
| William J. Randel | National Center for Atmospheric Research | US |
| Lakshman Randeniya | CSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial Physics | Australia |
| A.R. Ravishankara | NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory | US |
| Claire E. Reeves | University of East Anglia | UK |
| George C. Reid | NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory | US |
| Wolfgang Renger | Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt | Germany |
| Markus Rex | Alfred Wegener Institute | Germany |
| Curtis P. Rinsland | NASA Langley Research Center | US |
| Henning Rodhe | Stockholms Universitet | Sweden |
| José M. Rodríguez | Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. | US |
| Bjoerg Rognerud | Universitetet I Oslo | Norway |
| Richard B. Rood | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | US |
| James M. Rosen | University of Wyoming | US |
| Michel Rossi | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland |
| James M. Russell III | Hampton University | US |
| Keith R. Ryan | CSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial Physics | Australia |
| Ken G. Ryan | Industrial Research Limited | New Zealand |
| Nelson A. Sabogal | United Nations Environment Programme | Kenya |
| Karen H. Sage | NASA Langley Research Center | US |
| Ross J. Salawitch | California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory | US |
| Stan Sander | California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory | US |
| Eugenio Sanhueza | Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (IVIC) | Venezuela |
| Michelle L. Santee | California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory | US |
| K.M. Sarma | United Nations Environment Programme | Kenya |
| Sue M. Schauffler | National Center for Atmospheric Research | US |
| Ulrich Schmidt | Universität Frankfurt | Germany |
| Ulrich Schumann | Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt | Germany |
| M. Daniel Schwarzkopf | NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory | US |
| Gunther Seckmeyer | Fraunhofer-Institut für Atmosphärische Umweltforschung | Germany |
| Theodore G. Shepherd | University of Toronto | Canada |
| Drew Shindell | NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies | US |
| Keith P. Shine | University of Reading | UK |
| Masato Shiotani | Hokkaido University | Japan |
| Howard W. Sidebottom | University College Dublin | Ireland |
| Peter G. Simmonds | University of Bristol | UK |
| David E. Siskind | Naval Research Laboratory | US |
| Harry Slaper | National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) | The Netherlands |
| James R. Slusser | Colorado State University | US |
| Herman Smit | Forschungszentrum Jülich | Germany |
| Sergei P. Smyshlyaev | Russian State Hydrometeorological Institute | Russia |
| Susan Solomon | NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory | US |
| Boris Soukharev | St. Petersburg State University | Russia |
| Johannes Stähelin | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Hönggerberg | Switzerland |
| L. Paul Steele | CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research | Australia |
| Leopoldo Stefanutti | Istituto di Riccrea sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche del Consiglio Nazionale della Richerche | Italy |
| William R. Stockwell | Fraunhofer-Institut für Atmosphärische Umweltforschung | Germany |
| Richard Stolarski | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | US |
| Frode Stordal | Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning (NILU) | Norway |
| William T. Sturges | University of East Anglia | UK |
| B.H. Subbaraya | Physical Research Laboratory | India |
| Michael E. Summers | Naval Research Laboratory | US |
| Richard Swinbank | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | US |
| Petteri Taalas | Finnish Meteorological Institute | Finland |
| Xiao-Yan Tang | Peking University | China |
| Hubert Teyssèdre | Météo-France, Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques | France |
| Larry Thomason | NASA Langley Research Center | US |
| Anne M. Thompson | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | US |
| Thayne M. Thompson | NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory | US |
| Brian Toon | University of Colorado | US |
| Geoffrey C. Toon | California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory | US |
| Ralf Toumi | Imperial College | UK |
| Kleareti Tourpali | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Greece |
| Michael Trainer | NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory | US |
| Jörg Trentmann | Max-Planck-Insitut für Chemie | Germany |
| Adrian Tuck | NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory | US |
| Osamu Uchino | Japan Meteorological Agency | Japan |
| Jan C. van der Leun | University Hospital | The Netherlands |
| Karel Vanicek | Czech Hydrometeorological Institute | Czech Republic |
| Guus J.M. Velders | National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) | The Netherlands |
| Guido Visconti | Università degli Studi dell'Aquila | Italy |
| C. Michael Volk | Universität Frankfurt | Germany |
| Andreas Volz-Thomas | Forschungszentrum Jülich | Germany |
| Peter von der Gathen | Alfred Wegener Institute | Germany |
| Ray H.J. Wang | Georgia Institute of Technology | US |
| Wei-Chyung Wang | State University of New York at Albany | US |
| Joe Waters | California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory | US |
| Robert T. Watson | The World Bank | US |
| Darryn Waugh | Johns Hopkins University | US |
| Debra K. Weisenstein | Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. | US |
| Ray F. Weiss | University of California at San Diego | US |
| Paul O. Wennberg | California Institute of Technology | US |
| James C. Wilson | University of Denver | US |
| Martin Wirth | Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt | Germany |
| Russell Wooldridge | IDEA Corporation | US |
| Doug Worsnop | Aerodyne Research, Inc. | US |
| Donald J. Wuebbles | University of Illinois | US |
| Youko Yokouchi | National Institute for Environmental Studies | Japan |
| Vladimir Yushkov | Central Aerological Observatory | Russia |
| Shari A. Yvon-Lewis | NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory | US |
| Ahmed Zand | Tehran University | Iran |
| R. Zander | Université de Liège | Belgium |
| Christos Zerefos | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Greece |
| Xiuji Zhou | Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences | China |
| Jerry Ziemke | Software Corporation of America | US |
Chapter Editorial Contributors
Chapter 1: Long-Lived Ozone-Related Compounds
Nada Derek CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research Australia
L. Kubrick Massachusetts Institute of Technology US
Kathy A. Wolfe Computer Sciences Corporation US
Diane Zander Université de Liège Belgium
Chapter 2: Short-Lived Ozone-Related Compounds
Kathy A. Wolfe Computer Sciences Corporation US
Chapter 5: Trends in Stratospheric Temperatures
Gail Haller NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory US
Cathy Raphael NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory US
Jeff Varanyak NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory US
Chapter 6: Upper Stratospheric Processes
Stephan Böttcher Tel Aviv University Israel
Chapter 7: Lower Stratospheric Processes
LeAnn Droppleman NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory US
Chapter 8: Tropospheric Ozone
Matthew G. Seybold Steven Myers and Associates Corporation/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center US
Chapter 11: Scenarios for the Future Ozone Layer and Related Consequences
Chris Fischer National Center for Atmospheric Research US
Chapter 12: Predicting Future Ozone Changes and Detection of Recovery
Ann Thorne NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory US
Sponsoring Organizations Liaisons
Rumen D. Bojkov World Meteorological Organization Switzerland
K.M. Sarma United Nations Environment Programme Kenya
Daniel L. Albritton National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration US
Michael J. Kurylo National Institute of Standards and Technology; NASA Headquarters US
Georgios T. Amanatidis European Commission Belgium
Coordinating Editor
Christine A. Ennis NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRES US
Editorial Staff
Debra Dailey-Fisher NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory US
Christine C. Sweet NOAA Environmental Research Laboratories US
Jeanne S. Waters NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory US
Publication Design and Layout
Visual Science Inc.
Dave Gallant
Elizabeth J. Graves
Scott Lininger
Julianne Snider
Conference Coordination and Documentation
Rumen D. Bojkov World Meteorological Organization Switzerland
Marie-Christine Charriére World Meteorological Organization Switzerland
Christine A. Ennis NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRES US
Jeanne S. Waters NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory US
Conference Support
Catherine A. Burgdorf NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRES US
Marie-Christine Charriére World Meteorological Organization Switzerland
Rose M. Kendall Computer Sciences Corporation US
Jeanne S. Waters NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory US
Kathy A. Wolfe Computer Sciences Corporation US
Computing and Networking Support
Catherine A. Burgdorf NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRES US
Walter J. Harrop NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory US
Ken Jamieson NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRES US
Sarah Thompson NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRES US
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