Brian_G._Gardiner_(meteorologist)

Brian G. Gardiner (meteorologist)

Brian G. Gardiner (meteorologist)

British meteorologist

Brian Gerard Gardiner is a retired British meteorologist, formerly working for the British Antarctic Survey as head of the meteorological and ozone monitoring unit. Together with Joe Farman and Jonathan Shanklin he discovered the "Ozone Hole".[1][2] Their results were first published on 16 May 1985.[3][4] They won the Institute of Physics Chree medal and prize in 2001.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "PRESS RELEASE: Ozone hole anniversary". British Antarctic Survey.
  2. [2]
    "Nasa Ozone Watch: Ozone hole history facts". ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  3. [3]
    Farman, J. C.; Gardiner, B. G.; Shanklin, J. D. (1985). "Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction". Nature. 315 (6016): 207. Bibcode:1985Natur.315..207F. doi:10.1038/315207a0. S2CID 4346468.
  4. [4]
    Gardiner, B. G. (1988). "Comparative morphology of the vertical ozone profile in the Antarctic spring". Geophysical Research Letters. 15 (8): 901–904. Bibcode:1988GeoRL..15..901G. doi:10.1029/GL015i008p00901.
  5. [5]
    "IOP Selects 2001 Award Winners".


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