Atmospheric histories and emissions of chlorofluorocarbons CFC-13 (CClF3), ΣCFC-114 (C2Cl2F4), and CFC-115 (C2ClF5)

Vollmer, Martin K.; Young, Dickon; Trudinger, Cathy M.; Mühle, Jens; Henne, Stephan; Rigby, Matthew; Park, Sunyoung; Li, Shanlan; Guillevic, Myriam; Mitrevski, Blagoj; Harth, Christina M.; Miller, Benjamin R.; Reimann, Stefan; Yao, Bo; Steele, L. Paul; Wyss, Simon A.; Lunder, Chris R.; Arduini, Jgor; McCulloch, Archie; Wu, Songhao; Rhee, Tae Siek; Wang, Ray H. J.; Salameh, Peter K.; Hermansen, Ove; Hill, Matthias; Langenfelds, Ray L.; Ivy, Diane; O'Doherty, Simon; Krummel, Paul B.; Maione, Michela; Etheridge, David M.; Zhou, Lingxi; Fraser, Paul J.; Prinn, Ronald G.; Weiss, Ray F.; Simmonds, Peter G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-979-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 979–1002, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-979-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 979–1002, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-979-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

Research article 25 Jan 2018

Research article | 25 Jan 2018

Atmospheric histories and emissions of chlorofluorocarbons CFC-13 (CClF₃), ΣCFC-114 (C₂Cl₂F₄), and CFC-115 (C₂ClF₅)

Martin K. Vollmer et al.

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RC1: 'review comment on acp-2017-935, Atmospheric histories and emissions of chlorofluorocarbons CFC-13 (CClF3), CFC-114 (C2Cl2F4), and CFC-115 (C2ClF5)', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer 1', Martin Vollmer, 06 Dec 2017
RC2: 'Review of Vollmer et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Nov 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviewer 2', Martin Vollmer, 06 Dec 2017

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AR by Martin Vollmer on behalf of the Authors (06 Dec 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 Dec 2017) by Neil M. Donahue

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AA by Martin Vollmer on behalf of the Authors (24 Jan 2018) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (24 Jan 2018) by Neil M. Donahue

Short summary

We measured the three chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) CFC-13, CFC-114, and CFC-115 in the atmosphere because they are important in stratospheric ozone depletion. These compounds should have decreased in the atmosphere because they are banned by the Montreal Protocol but we find the opposite. Emissions over the last decade have not declined on a global scale. We use inverse modeling and our observations to find that a large part of the emissions originate in the Asian region.