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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-10899-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-10899-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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01 Sep 2016
Research article |
| 01 Sep 2016
A comprehensive estimate for loss of atmospheric carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) to the ocean
James H. Butler
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Global Monitoring Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Shari A. Yvon-Lewis
Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
77840, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Jurgen M. Lobert
Entegris Inc., Franklin, Massachusetts 02038, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Daniel B. King
Chemistry Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Stephen A. Montzka
Global Monitoring Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
John L. Bullister
NOAA Pacific Marine and Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA
Valentin Koropalov
Roshydromet, Moscow, 123242, Russia
James W. Elkins
Global Monitoring Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Bradley D. Hall
Global Monitoring Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Global Monitoring Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
77840, USA
Yina Liu
Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
77840, USA
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Massachusetts, USA
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- Emissions of carbon tetrachloride from Europe F. Graziosi et al. 10.5194/acp-16-12849-2016
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- Profile of atmospheric VOC over the Yellow Sea, China: A tale of distribution, constraints, and sources S. Wang et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161634
- Toward resolving the budget discrepancy of ozone-depleting carbon tetrachloride (CCl4): an analysis of top-down emissions from China S. Park et al. 10.5194/acp-18-11729-2018
- Model sensitivity studies of the decrease in atmospheric carbon tetrachloride M. Chipperfield et al. 10.5194/acp-16-15741-2016
- Continued Emissions of the Ozone‐Depleting Substance Carbon Tetrachloride From Eastern Asia M. Lunt et al. 10.1029/2018GL079500
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Short summary
This study was conducted to understand the influence of the ocean on the lifetime of atmospheric carbon tetrachloride, a strong, ozone-depleting gas. Data from 16 research cruises conducted between 1987 and 2010 show that, unlike the unreactive chlorofluorocarbons, carbon tetrachloride is undersaturated in surface waters regardless of temperature, wind, or biological regime, but with larger undersaturations with upwelling. Results suggest that the ocean consumes about 18 % of atmospheric CCl4.
This study was conducted to understand the influence of the ocean on the lifetime of atmospheric...
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