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A critical analysis is given for various methods for recovery of the ozone layer of the Earth: the emission of alkane gases, the destruction of freons by laser IR radiation and with microwave discharge, exposure to laser UV radiation and electric discharge in the atmosphere, the use of solar radiation, laser infrared radiation, and gamma rays, and the creation of an artificial formation at high altitudes that shields the solar radiation dissociating ozone. The optimal methods are discussed in terms of their effectiveness, economic costs, and environmental consequences. These include the use of gamma rays sources, electric discharge in the atmosphere, and microwave breakdown.
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Original Russian Text © S.Z. Bekker, A.P. Doronin, S.I. Kozlov, 2017, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2017, Vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 676–682.
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Bekker, S.Z., Doronin, A.P. & Kozlov, S.I. Critical analysis of active methods of ozone layer recovery. Geomagn. Aeron. 57, 630–636 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793217050024
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