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Investigating stratospheric changes between 2009 and 2018 with halogenated trace gas data from aircraft, AirCores, and a global model focusing on CFC-11
Institute of Energy and Climate Research: Stratosphere, Jülich
Research Centre, Jülich, 52428, Germany
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Emma C. Leedham Elvidge
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Faculty of Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park,
Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Karina E. Adcock
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Bianca Baier
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Global Monitoring Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, CO 80305-3337, USA
Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer
Air Chemistry Division, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz,
55128, Germany
Huilin Chen
Centre for Isotope Research, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9747
AG, the Netherlands
Elise S. Droste
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Jens-Uwe Grooß
Institute of Energy and Climate Research: Stratosphere, Jülich
Research Centre, Jülich, 52428, Germany
Pauli Heikkinen
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Sodankylä, 99600, Finland
Andrew J. Hind
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Rigel Kivi
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Sodankylä, 99600, Finland
Alexander Lojko
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143, USA
Stephen A. Montzka
Global Monitoring Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, CO 80305-3337, USA
David E. Oram
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Steve Randall
Random Engineering Ltd., Felixstowe, IP11 9SL, United Kingdom
Thomas Röckmann
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht
University, Utrecht, 3508 TA, the Netherlands
William T. Sturges
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Colm Sweeney
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Max Thomas
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Elinor Tuffnell
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Felix Ploeger
Institute of Energy and Climate Research: Stratosphere, Jülich
Research Centre, Jülich, 52428, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Research, University of
Wuppertal, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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Short summary
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.
We demonstrate that AirCore technology, which is based on small low-cost balloons, can provide...
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