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Laube, Johannes C., Mohd Hanif, Norfazrin, Martinerie, Patricia, Gallacher, Eileen, Fraser, Paul J., Langenfelds, Ray, Brenninkmeijer, Carl A. M., Schwander, Jakob, Witrant, Emmanuel, Wang, Jia-Lin, Ou-Yang, Chang-Feng, Gooch, Lauren J., Reeves, Claire E. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4071-1926, Sturges, William T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9044-7169 and Oram, David E.
(2016)
Tropospheric observations of CFC-114 and CFC-114a with a focus on long-term trends and emissions.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16 (23).
pp. 15347-15358.
ISSN 1680-7316
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Abstract
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are ozone-depleting substances as well as strong greenhouse gases, and the control of their production and use under the Montreal Protocol has had demonstrable benefits to both mitigation of increasing surface UV radiation and climate forcing. A global ban on consumption came into force in 2010, but there is evidence of continuing emissions of certain CFCs from a range of sources. One compound has received little attention in the literature, namely CFC-114 (C2Cl2F4). Of particular interest here is the differentiation between CFC-114 (CClF2CClF2) and its asymmetric isomeric form CFC-114a (CF3CCl2F) as atmospheric long-term measurements in the peer-reviewed literature to date have been assumed to represent the sum of both isomers with a time-invariant isomeric speciation. Here we report the first long-term measurements of the two isomeric forms separately, and find that they have different origins and trends in the atmosphere. Air samples collected at Cape Grim (41° S), Australia, during atmospheric background conditions since 1978, combined with samples collected from deep polar snow (firn) enable us to obtain a near-complete record of both gases since their initial production and release in the 1940s. Both isomers were present in the unpolluted atmosphere in comparably small amounts before 1960. The mixing ratio of CFC-114 doubled from 7.9 to 14.8 parts per trillion (ppt) between the start of the Cape Grim record in 1978 and the end of our record in 2014, while over the same time CFC-114a trebled from 0.35 to 1.03 ppt. Mixing ratios of both isomers are slowly decreasing by the end of this period. This is consistent with measurements of recent aircraft-based samples showing no significant interhemispheric mixing ratio gradient.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2016 00:06 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Apr 2023 13:51 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61704 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/acp-16-15347-2016 |
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