Observed stratospheric profiles and stratospheric lifetimes of HCFC‐141b and HCFC‐142b

J. M. Lee; W. T. Sturges; S. A. Penkett; D. E. Oram; U. Schmidt; A. Engel; R. Bauer

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Observed stratospheric profiles and stratospheric lifetimes of HCFC‐141b and HCFC‐142b

J. M. Lee, W. T. Sturges, S. A. Penkett, D. E. Oram, U. Schmidt, A. Engel, R. Bauer

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We present here the first stratospheric profile measurements of HCFC‐141b (CH₃‐CFCl₂) and HCFC‐142b (CH₃‐CF₂Cl). From the measurements we derive a stratospheric lifetime of 68±11 years for HCFC‐141b and an estimated minimum stratospheric lifetime for HCFC‐142b of 138 years relative to an N₂O lifetime of 110 y. (These results increase to 104±17 y and >211 y respectively for an N₂O lifetime of 168 y). Neither HCFC‐141b nor HCFC‐142b is now in equilibrium in the stratosphere, due to rapidly increasing emissions in recent years.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1369-1372
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	22
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/95GL01313
State	Published - Jun 1 1995

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