HFC-43-10mee atmospheric abundances and global emission estimates

Tim Arnold; Diane J. Ivy; Christina M. Harth; Martin K. Vollmer; Jens Muehle; Peter K. Salameh; L. Paul Steele; Paul B. Krummel; Ray H. J. Wang; Dickon Young; Chris R. Lunder; Ove Hermansen; Tae Siek Rhee; Jooil Kim; Stefan Reimann; Simon O'Doherty; Paul J. Fraser; Peter G. Simmonds; Ronald G. Prinn; Ray F. Weiss

doi:10.1002/2013GL059143

HFC-43-10mee atmospheric abundances and global emission estimates

Tim Arnold^*, Diane J. Ivy, Christina M. Harth, Martin K. Vollmer, Jens Muehle, Peter K. Salameh, L. Paul Steele, Paul B. Krummel, Ray H. J. Wang, Dickon Young, Chris R. Lunder, Ove Hermansen, Tae Siek Rhee, Jooil Kim, Stefan Reimann, Simon O'Doherty, Paul J. Fraser, Peter G. Simmonds, Ronald G. Prinn, Ray F. Weiss

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Abstract

We report in situ atmospheric measurements of hydrofluorocarbon HFC-43-10mee (C5H2F10; 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane) from seven observatories at various latitudes, together with measurements of archived air samples and recent Antarctic flask air samples. The global mean tropospheric abundance was 0.210.05ppt (parts per trillion, dry air mole fraction) in 2012, rising from 0.040.03ppt in 2000. We combine the measurements with a model and an inverse method to estimate rising global emissionsfrom 0.430.34Ggyr(-1) in 2000 to 1.130.31Ggyr(-1) in 2012 (similar to 1.9TgCO(2)-eqyr(-1) based on a 100year global warming potential of 1660). HFC-43-10meea cleaning solvent used in the electronics industryis currently a minor contributor to global radiative forcing relative to total HFCs; however, our calculated emissions highlight a significant difference from the available reported figures and projected estimates.

Key Points

2012 global tropospheric abundance of HFC-43-10mee is 0.21 ppt 2012 growth rate is 15 ppq yr(-1), and emission rate is 1.13 Gg yr(-1) CO2 equivalent emissions of 1.9 Tg yr(-1) are comparable to HFC-365mfc and HFC-236fa

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2228-2235
Number of pages	8
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	41
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GL059143
Publication status	Published - 28 Mar 2014

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HFC-43-10mee
atmospheric abundance
radiative forcing
emissions
mass spectrometry
IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS
LIFETIMES
CLIMATE
RADICALS
TRENDS
GASES
OH

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Arnold, T., Ivy, D. J., Harth, C. M., Vollmer, M. K., Muehle, J., Salameh, P. K., Steele, L. P., Krummel, P. B., Wang, R. H. J., Young, D., Lunder, C. R., Hermansen, O., Rhee, T. S., Kim, J., Reimann, S., O'Doherty, S., Fraser, P. J., Simmonds, P. G., Prinn, R. G., & Weiss, R. F. (2014). HFC-43-10mee atmospheric abundances and global emission estimates. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(6), 2228-2235. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GL059143

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Arnold, T, Ivy, DJ, Harth, CM, Vollmer, MK, Muehle, J, Salameh, PK, Steele, LP, Krummel, PB, Wang, RHJ, Young, D, Lunder, CR, Hermansen, O, Rhee, TS, Kim, J, Reimann, S, O'Doherty, S, Fraser, PJ, Simmonds, PG, Prinn, RG & Weiss, RF 2014, 'HFC-43-10mee atmospheric abundances and global emission estimates', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 2228-2235. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GL059143

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