Nitrogen Oxides, Nuclear Weapon Testing, Concorde and Stratospheric Ozone

@article{Goldsmith1973NitrogenON,  title={Nitrogen Oxides, Nuclear Weapon Testing, Concorde and Stratospheric Ozone},  author={Philip Goldsmith and Adrian F. Tuck and John S. Foot and E. L. Simmons and R. L. Newson},  journal={Nature},  year={1973},  volume={244},  pages={545-551},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:4222122}}
Although amounts of nitrogen oxides equivalent to the output from many Concordes were released into the atmosphere when nuclear testing was at its peak, the amount of ozone in the atmosphere was not affected. 

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