Investigating stratospheric changes between 2009 and 2018 with halogenated trace gas data from aircraft, AirCores, and a global model focusing on CFC-11

Laube, Johannes C.; Leedham Elvidge, Emma C.; Adcock, Karina E.; Baier, Bianca; Brenninkmeijer, Carl A. M.; Chen, Huilin; Droste, Elise S.; Grooß, Jens-Uwe; Heikkinen, Pauli; Hind, Andrew J.; Kivi, Rigel; Lojko, Alexander; Montzka, Stephen A.; Oram, David E.; Randall, Steve; Röckmann, Thomas; Sturges, William T.; Sweeney, Colm; Thomas, Max; Tuffnell, Elinor; Ploeger, Felix

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9771-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9771-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9771-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 16

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20 Aug 2020

Research article |

| 20 Aug 2020

Investigating stratospheric changes between 2009 and 2018 with halogenated trace gas data from aircraft, AirCores, and a global model focusing on CFC-11

Johannes C. Laube, Emma C. Leedham Elvidge, Karina E. Adcock, Bianca Baier, Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer, Huilin Chen, Elise S. Droste, Jens-Uwe Grooß, Pauli Heikkinen, Andrew J. Hind, Rigel Kivi, Alexander Lojko, Stephen A. Montzka, David E. Oram, Steve Randall, Thomas Röckmann, William T. Sturges, Colm Sweeney, Max Thomas, Elinor Tuffnell, and Felix Ploeger

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RC1: 'Review of Laube, et al., 2020', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Response to RC1', Johannes Laube, 13 Jun 2020
RC2: 'Review of Laube et al., 2020; acp-2020-62', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Apr 2020
- AC2: 'Response to RC2', Johannes Laube, 13 Jun 2020

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Jul 2020) by Peter Haynes

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We demonstrate that AirCore technology, which is based on small low-cost balloons, can provide access to trace gas measurements such as CFCs at ultra-low abundances. This is a new way to quantify ozone-depleting, and related, substances in the stratosphere, which is largely inaccessible to aircraft. We show two potential uses: (a) tracking the stratospheric circulation, which is predicted to change, and (b) assessing three common meteorological reanalyses driving a global stratospheric model.