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Sturges, W. T. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9044-7169, Oram, D. E., Laube, J. C., Reeves, C. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4071-1926, Newland, M. J., Hogan, C., Martinerie, P., Witrant, E., Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., Schuck, T. J. and Fraser, P. J.
(2012)
Emissions halted of the potent greenhouse gas SF5CF3.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12 (8).
pp. 3653-3658.
ISSN 1680-7324
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Abstract
Long term measurements in background air (Cape Grim, Tasmania) and firn air (NEEM, Greenland) of the potent long-lived greenhouse gas SF5CF3 show that emissions declined after the late 1990s, having grown since the 1950s, and became indistinguishable from zero after 2003. The timing of this decline suggests that emissions of this gas may have been related to the production of certain fluorochemicals; production of which have been recently phased out. An earlier observation of closely correlated atmospheric abundances of SF5CF3 and SF6 are shown here to have likely been purely coincidental, as their respective trends diverged after 2002. Due to its long lifetime (ca. 900 yr), atmospheric concentrations of SF5CF3 have not declined, and it is now well mixed between hemispheres, as is also shown here from interhemispheric aircraft measurements. Total cumulative emissions of SF5CF3 amount to around 5 kT.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA Faculty of Science |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | Johannes Laube |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Apr 2013 14:13 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Apr 2023 13:31 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/42184 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/acp-12-3653-2012 |
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