Abrupt reversal in emissions and atmospheric abundance of HCFC-133a (CF3CH2Cl)

Martin Vollmer; Matt Rigby; Johannes Laube; Stephan Henne; Tae Siek Rhee; Lauren Gooch; Angelina Wenger; Dickon Young; Paul Steele; Ray Langenfelds; Carl Brenninkmeijer; Jia-Lin Wang; Chang-Feng Ou-Yang; Simon Wyss; Matthias Hill; David Oram; Paul Krummel; Fabian Schoenenberger; Christoph Zellweger; Paul Fraser; William Sturges; Simon O'Doherty; Stefan Reimann

doi:10.1002/2015GL065846

Abrupt reversal in emissions and atmospheric abundance of HCFC-133a (CF3CH2Cl)

Martin Vollmer (Lead Author)
, Matt Rigby
, Johannes Laube
, Stephan Henne
, Tae Siek Rhee
, Lauren Gooch
, Angelina Wenger
, Dickon Young
, Paul Steele
, Ray Langenfelds
, Carl Brenninkmeijer
, Jia-Lin Wang
, Chang-Feng Ou-Yang
, Simon Wyss
, Matthias Hill
, David Oram
, Paul Krummel
, Fabian Schoenenberger
, Christoph Zellweger
, Paul Fraser

William Sturges, Simon O'Doherty, Stefan Reimann

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Abstract

Hydrochlorofluorocarbon HCFC-133a (CF3CH2Cl) is an anthropogenic compound whose consumption for emissive use is restricted under the Montreal Protocol. A recent study showed rapidly increasing atmospheric abundances and emissions. We report that, following this rise, the at- mospheric abundance and emissions have declined sharply in the past three years. We find a Northern Hemisphere HCFC-133a increase from 0.13 ppt (dry air mole fraction in parts-per-trillion) in 2000 to 0.50 ppt in 2012–mid-2013 followed by an abrupt reversal to 0.44 ppt by early 2015. Global emissions derived from these observations peaked at 3.1 kt in 2011, followed by a rapid decline of 0.5 kt yr−2 to 1.5 kt yr−1 in 2014. Sporadic HCFC-133a pollution events are detected in Europe from our high-resolution HCFC-133a records at three European stations, and in Asia from sam- ples collected in Taiwan. European emissions are estimated to be <0.1 kt yr−1 although emission hotspots were identi- fied in France.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8702–8710
Number of pages	9
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	42
Issue number	20
Early online date	23 Oct 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL065846
Publication status	Published - 28 Oct 2015

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Johannes Laube
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David Oram
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- School of Environmental Sciences - NCAS Professorial Research Fellow
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Bill Sturges
- W.Sturgesuea.acuk
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International Collaboration on Measurement of Globally-Important Gases in the Atmosphere of the Tropical Maritime Continent (Joint Proposal - Lead, University of Cambridge)
Sturges, B. (Principal Investigator), Manning, A. (Co-Investigator), Oram, D. (Co-Investigator), Bandy, B. (Researcher) & Humphrey, S. (Technician)
Natural Environment Research Council
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Vollmer, M., Rigby, M., Laube, J., Henne, S., Rhee, T. S., Gooch, L., Wenger, A., Young, D., Steele, P., Langenfelds, R., Brenninkmeijer, C., Wang, J.-L., Ou-Yang, C.-F., Wyss, S., Hill, M., Oram, D., Krummel, P., Schoenenberger, F., Zellweger, C., ... Reimann, S. (2015). Abrupt reversal in emissions and atmospheric abundance of HCFC-133a (CF3CH2Cl). Geophysical Research Letters, 42(20), 8702–8710 . https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL065846

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Abrupt reversal in emissions and atmospheric abundance of HCFC-133a (CF3CH2Cl)

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