BRIEF COMMUNICATION "STRATOSPHERIC WINDS, TRANSPORT BARRIERS AND THE 2011 ARCTIC OZONE HOLE"

The Arctic stratosphere throughout the late winter and early spring of 2011 was characterized by an unusually severe ozone loss, resulting in what has been described as an ozone hole.The 2011 ozone loss was made possible by unusually cold temperatures throughout the Arctic stratosphere.Here we consider the issue of what constitutes suitable environ