GLOBAL TROPOSPHERIC DISTRIBUTION AND CALIBRATION SCALE OF HCFC-22

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作者
MONTZKA, SA [1 ]
MYERS, RC [1 ]
BUTLER, JH [1 ]
ELKINS, JW [1 ]
CUMMINGS, SO [1 ]
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[1] UNIV COLORADO,COOPERAT INST RES ENVIRONM SCI,BOULDER,CO 80309
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10.1029/93GL00753
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
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Measurements of atmospheric chlorodifluoro-methane (HCFC-22), based upon a new calibration scale developed in this laboratory, suggest a global tropospheric mean that is approximately 28% lower than determined previously from surface-based measurements. A global mean of 10 1.8 (+/- 1.2, 1 sd.) ppt and interhemispheric difference of 13 (+/- 1) ppt were determined for HCFC-22 in 1992 from air collected in flasks from seven remote sites located between 82-degrees-N and 90-degrees-S. These results are consistent with mixing ratios predicted from recent emission estimates and a lifetime for HCFC-22 of 13.6 (+1.9,-1.5) yr. Based upon the analysis of flasks and archived air samples from mid-I 987 through 1992, a mean growth rate for HCFC-22 of 7.3 (+/- 0.3)% yr-1 was estimated for this period.
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