Articles | Volume 21, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12739-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12739-2021
Research article
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27 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 27 Aug 2021

Evidence of a recent decline in UK emissions of hydrofluorocarbons determined by the InTEM inverse model and atmospheric measurements

Alistair J. Manning, Alison L. Redington, Daniel Say, Simon O'Doherty, Dickon Young, Peter G. Simmonds, Martin K. Vollmer, Jens Mühle, Jgor Arduini, Gerard Spain, Adam Wisher, Michela Maione, Tanja J. Schuck, Kieran Stanley, Stefan Reimann, Andreas Engel, Paul B. Krummel, Paul J. Fraser, Christina M. Harth, Peter K. Salameh, Ray F. Weiss, Ray Gluckman, Peter N. Brown, John D. Watterson, and Tim Arnold

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Deriving Emissions related to Climate Change Network: CO2, CH4, N2O, SF6, CO and halocarbon measurements from Tacolneston Tall Tower, Norfolk S. O'Doherty, D. Say, and K. Stanley https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/ae483e02e5c345c59c2b72ac46574103

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This paper estimates UK emissions of important greenhouse gases (hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)) using high-quality atmospheric observations and atmospheric modelling. We compare these estimates with those submitted by the UK to the United Nations. We conclude that global concentrations of these gases are still increasing. Our estimates for the UK are 73 % of those reported and that the UK emissions are now falling, demonstrating an impact of UK government policy.
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