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Assessments of long-term ozone depletion by CFCs have relied on their relative effects as quantified by ozone depletion potentials (ODPs). These long-term ODPs, based on steady-state atmospheric impacts, are not appropriate for making shorter-term (decade-scale) forecasts. Time-dependent ODPs, derived using an empirical approach, show that some of the hydrochlorofluorocarbons proposed as replacements for CFCs may induce significant ozone destruction in the short term.
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Solomon, S., Albritton, D. Time-dependent ozone depletion potentials for short- and long-term forecasts. Nature 357, 33–37 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/357033a0
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