Possible Mechanism of Ozone Depletion on Ice Crystals in the Polar Stratosphere

Yu. E. Belikov and S. Sh. Nikolaishvili

Developed is a new mechanism of photochemical reactions taking account of the dipole interaction between the molecules and the “sharp” inhomogeneities of electrified ice crystals in polar stratospheric clouds. This mechanism enables to explain the ozone depression formation during the winter-spring period in the polar stratosphere.