Atmospheric lifetimes, infrared absorption spectra, radiative forcings and global warming potentials of NF3 and CF3CF2Cl (CFC-115)

Totterdill, Anna; Kovács, Tamás; Feng, Wuhu; Dhomse, Sandip; Smith, Christopher J.; Gómez-Martín, Juan Carlos; Chipperfield, Martyn P.; Forster, Piers M.; Plane, John M. C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11451-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11451-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11451-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 17

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14 Sep 2016

Research article |

| 14 Sep 2016

Atmospheric lifetimes, infrared absorption spectra, radiative forcings and global warming potentials of NF₃ and CF₃CF₂Cl (CFC-115)

Anna Totterdill, Tamás Kovács, Wuhu Feng, Sandip Dhomse, Christopher J. Smith, Juan Carlos Gómez-Martín, Martyn P. Chipperfield, Piers M. Forster, and John M. C. Plane

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CESM1.1 Series Public Release NCAR/UCAR http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/models/cesm1.1/

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In this study we have experimentally determined the infrared absorption cross sections of NF₃ and CFC-115, calculated the radiative forcing and efficiency using two radiative transfer models and identified the effect of clouds and stratospheric adjustment. We have also determined their atmospheric lifetimes using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model.