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Definition of Ozone hole
1. Noun. An area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone.
Definition of Ozone hole
1. Noun. A region of the stratosphere over Antarctica (and a smaller one over the Arctic) that is depleted of ozone in the local spring. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ozone Hole
Literary usage of Ozone hole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. One Earth, One Future: Our Changing Global Environment by Cheryl Simon Silver (1992)
"STUDYING THE ANTARCTIC ozone hole In the year before the discovery of the ozone
hole, scientists were estimating that increasing use of chlorofluorocarbons ..."
2. Understanding Atmospheric Change: A Survey of the Background Science and by Henry Hengeveld (1991)
"With the existence of the ozone hole thoroughly established, the research community
considered a variety of related questions. Was the phenomenon part of a ..."
3. Thinking Strategically: The Appropriate Use of Metrics for the Climate by National Research Council (2005)
"The Antarctic ozone hole was unpredictable in the early 1980s because the
appropriate twodimensional models with stratospheric chemistry parameters were not ..."
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