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The increasing atmospheric burden of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)
Peter G. Simmonds
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Matthew Rigby
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Alistair J. Manning
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Sunyoung Park
Department of Oceanography, Kyungpook National University, Daegu,
Republic of Korea
Kieran M. Stanley
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Archie McCulloch
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Stephan Henne
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology,
Laboratory for Air Pollution and Environmental Technology (Empa),
Dübendorf, Switzerland
Francesco Graziosi
Department of Pure and Applied Sciences (DiSPeA) of the University
of Urbino and Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) of the
National Research Council (CNR), Bologna, Italy
Michela Maione
Department of Pure and Applied Sciences (DiSPeA) of the University
of Urbino and Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) of the
National Research Council (CNR), Bologna, Italy
Jgor Arduini
Department of Pure and Applied Sciences (DiSPeA) of the University
of Urbino and Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) of the
National Research Council (CNR), Bologna, Italy
Stefan Reimann
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology,
Laboratory for Air Pollution and Environmental Technology (Empa),
Dübendorf, Switzerland
Martin K. Vollmer
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology,
Laboratory for Air Pollution and Environmental Technology (Empa),
Dübendorf, Switzerland
Jens Mühle
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
Simon O'Doherty
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Dickon Young
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Paul B. Krummel
Climate Science Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation (CSIRO), Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Victoria,
Australia
Paul J. Fraser
Climate Science Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation (CSIRO), Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Victoria,
Australia
Ray F. Weiss
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
Peter K. Salameh
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
Christina M. Harth
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
Mi-Kyung Park
Kyungpook Institute of Oceanography, Kyungpook National
University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
Hyeri Park
Kyungpook Institute of Oceanography, Kyungpook National
University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
Tim Arnold
National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK
School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Chris Rennick
National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK
L. Paul Steele
Climate Science Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation (CSIRO), Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Victoria,
Australia
Blagoj Mitrevski
Climate Science Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation (CSIRO), Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Victoria,
Australia
Ray H. J. Wang
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Ronald G. Prinn
Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Short summary
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is a potent greenhouse gas which is regulated under the Kyoto Protocol. From a 40-year record of measurements, collected at five global monitoring sites and archived air samples, we show that its concentration in the atmosphere has steadily increased. Using modelling techniques, we estimate that global emissions have increased by about 24 % over the past decade. We find that this increase is driven by the demand for SF6-insulated switchgear in developing countries.
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