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Prather and Spivakovsky 1990
Prather, M., and C.M. Spivakovsky, 1990: Tropospheric OH and the lifetimes of hydrochlorofluorocarbons. J. Geophys. Res., 95, 18723-18729, doi:10.1029/JD095iD11p18723.
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) may be used as alternatives for the chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Lifetimes for the HCFCs are predicted here in two ways: integrating their loss with a global model, and scaling to another compound with a better known lifetime. Both approaches are shown here to yield similar results. Three-dimensional fields of modeled tropospheric OH concentrations are used to calculate lifetimes against destruction of OH for the HCFCs and other hydrogenated halocarbons. The OH fields are taken from a three-dimensional chemical transport model [Spivakovsky et al., 1990] that accurately simulates the global measurements of methyl chloroform (derived lifetime of 5.5 yr). The lifetimes of various hydro-halocarbons are shown to be insensitive to possible spatial variations and seasonal cycles. It is possible to scale the HCFC lifetimes to that of methyl chloroform or methane by using a ratio of the rate coefficients for reaction with OH at an appropriate temperature, about 277 K.
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@article{pr03100m,
author={Prather, M. and Spivakovsky, C. M.},
title={Tropospheric OH and the lifetimes of hydrochlorofluorocarbons},
year={1990},
journal={Journal of Geophysical Research},
volume={95},
pages={18723--18729},
doi={10.1029/JD095iD11p18723},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - pr03100m AU - Prather, M. AU - Spivakovsky, C. M. PY - 1990 TI - Tropospheric OH and the lifetimes of hydrochlorofluorocarbons JA - J. Geophys. Res. JO - Journal of Geophysical Research VL - 95 SP - 18723 EP - 18729 DO - 10.1029/JD095iD11p18723 ER -
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