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The atmospheric absorption features of over 500 infrared solar spectra recorded at McMurdo Station, have been analysed to determine the vertical column abundances of trace gases crucial to the understanding of the 'ozone hole' phenomenon.
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Farmer, C., Toon, G., Schaper, P. et al. Stratospheric trace gases in the spring 1986 Antarctic atmosphere. Nature 329, 126–130 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/329126a0
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