Tropospheric SF6: Observed latitudinal distribution and trends, derived emissions and interhemispheric exchange time

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 675-678

  Geller, L S ^a,b   Elkins, J W ^a,b,c   Lobert, J M ^a,b   Clarke, A D ^a,b   Hurst, D F ^a,b   Butler, J H ^a   Myers, R C ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GREENHOUSE GASES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; SULPHUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TROPOSPHERE;

USA, COLORADO, NIWOT RIDGE; USA, NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0031089210     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00523     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Albritton, D. L., R. G. Derwent, I. S. A. Isaken, M. Lal, and D. J. Wuebbles, Trace gas radiative forcing indices, Climate Change 1994: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change and An Evaluation of the IPCC IS92 Emission Scenarios, pp 339, J. T. Houghton, L.G.M. Filho, J. Bruce, H. Lee, B. A. Callander, E. Haites, N. Harris, and K. Maskell, eds., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1995.
2. Butler, J. H., J. W. Elkins, B. D. Hall, S. O. Cummings, and S. A. Montzka, A decrease in the growth rates of atmospheric halon concentrations, Nature, 359, 403-405, 1992.
3. Chang, A.Y, et al., A comparison of measurements from ATMOS and the instruments aboard the ER-2 aircraft: Tracers of atmospheric transport, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23(17), 2389-2392, 1996.
4. 6 and Other Greenhouse Gases", (Proceedings on Electrical Tranmission and Distribution Systems, Sulfur Hexafluoride and Atmospheric Effects of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C., August 9-10, 1995)
5. Elkins, J. W., T.M. Thompson, T.H. Swanson, J.H. Butler, B.D. Hall, S.O. Cummings, D. A. Fisher, and A. G. Raffo, Decrease in the growth rates of atmospheric chlorofluorocarbons 11 and 12., Nature, 364, 780-783, 1993.
6. Elkins, J.W., et al., Airborne gas chromatograph for in situ measurements of long-lived species in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23(4), 347-350, 1996.
7. Geller, L., Global measurements of nitrous oxide and sulfur hexafluoride, Ph.D. dissertation. University of Colorado, 1996.
8. Harnisch, J., R. Borchers, P. Fabian, H. W. Gaggeier, U. Schotterer, Effect of natural tetrafluoromethanc. Nature, 384, 32, 1996.
9. Hurst, D.F., P.S. Bakwin, R.C. Myers, and J.W. Elkins, Behavior of trace gas mixing ratios on a very tall tower in North Carolina, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 1997.
10. 85Kr simulated with a general circulation model, J. Geophys Res., 92(D6), 6614-6626, 1987.
11. Ko, M. K. W., N. D. Sze, W. Wang, G. Shia, A. Goldman, F. J. Murcray, D. J. Murcray, and C. P. Rinsland, Atmospheric sulfur hexafluoride: sources, sinks, and greenhouse warming, J. Geophys. Res., 98(D6), 10499-10507, 1993.
12. 85Kr and sulfur hexafluoride. J. Geophys. Res., 101(011), 16745-16755, 1996.
13. Lobert, J. M., J. H. Butler, L. S. Geller, S. A. Montzka, S. A. Yvon, R. C. Myers, and J. W. Elkins, Bromine Latitudinal Air/Sea Transect 1994; NOM Data Report ERL-CMDL-10, 1996.
14. Maiss, M., L. P. Steele, R. J. Francey, P. J. Fraser, R. L. Langenfelds, N. Trivett, and I. Levin, Sulfur hexafluoride - a powerful new atmospheric tracer, Atmos. Environ., 30, 10/11, 1621-1629, 1996.
15. Ravishankara, A. R., S. Solomon, A. A. Turnipseed, R. F. Warren, Atmospheric lifetimes of long-lived halpgenated species, Science, 259, 194-199, 1993.