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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12465-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12465-2024
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11 Nov 2024
Research article |  | 11 Nov 2024

A global re-analysis of regionally resolved emissions and atmospheric mole fractions of SF6 for the period 2005–2021

Martin Vojta, Andreas Plach, Saurabh Annadate, Sunyoung Park, Gawon Lee, Pallav Purohit, Florian Lindl, Xin Lan, Jens Mühle, Rona L. Thompson, and Andreas Stohl

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We constrain the global emissions of the very potent greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) between 2005 and 2021. We show that SF6 emissions are decreasing in the USA and in the EU, while they are substantially growing in China, leading overall to an increasing global emission trend. The national reports for the USA, EU, and China all underestimated their SF6 emissions. However, stringent mitigation measures can successfully reduce SF6 emissions, as can be seen in the EU emission trend.
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