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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-2891-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-2891-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
03 Mar 2022
Research article |
| 03 Mar 2022
| 03 Mar 2022
Continental-scale contributions to the global CFC-11 emission increase between 2012 and 2017
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Stephen A. Montzka
Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Fred Moore
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Eric Hintsa
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Geoff Dutton
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
M. Carolina Siso
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Kirk Thoning
Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Robert W. Portmann
Chemical Science Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Kathryn McKain
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Colm Sweeney
Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Isaac Vimont
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
David Nance
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Bradley Hall
Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Steven Wofsy
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University,
Boston, MA, USA
Data sets
Halocarbons & other Atmospheric Trace Species (HATS) NOAA GML https://gml.noaa.gov/hats
ATom: Merged Atmospheric Chemistry, Trace Gases, and Aerosols S. C. Wofsy, S. Afshar, H. M. Allen, et al. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1581
HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) NCAR/UCAR Earth Observing Laboratory https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/hippo
Short summary
The unexpected increase in CFC-11 emissions between 2012 and 2017 resulted in concerns about delaying the stratospheric ozone recovery. Although the subsequent decline of CFC-11 emissions indicated a mitigation in part to this problem, the regions fully responsible for these large emission changes were unclear. Here, our new estimate, based on atmospheric measurements from two global campaigns and from NOAA, suggests Asia primarily contributed to the global CFC-11 emission rise during 2012–2017.
The unexpected increase in CFC-11 emissions between 2012 and 2017 resulted in concerns about...
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