SPARC Report No. 6

SPARC Report No. 6 (2013)

Lifetimes of Stratospheric Ozone-Depleting Substances, Their Replacements, and Related Species

Edited by M.K.W. Ko, P.A. Newman, S. Reimann, and S.E. Strahan

WCRP-15/2013
SPARC Report No. 6

Citation:

SPARC, 2013: SPARC Report on the Lifetimes of Stratospheric Ozone-Deleting Substances, Their Replacements, and Related Species. M.K.W. Ko, P.A. Newman, S. Reimann, S.E. Strahan (Eds.), SPARC Report No. 6, WCRP-15/2013, available at www.aparc-climate.org/publications/

Full Report (16 MB) without the supplements to Chapter 3

Table of Contents

Cover pages

LIST OF AUTHORS, CONTRIBUTORS, AND REVIEWERS

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2: THEORY OF ESTIMATING LIFETIMES USING MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS

CHAPTER 3: EVALUATION OF ATMOSPHERIC LOSS PROCESSES

Supplement 1: OH Kinetics
Supplement 2: O(1D) Kinetics
Supplement 3: CI Kinetics
Supplement 4: Photochemistry
Supplement 5: 2-D Modeling

CHAPTER 4: INFERRED LIFETIMES FROM OBSERVED TRACE-GAS DISTRIBUTIONS

CHAPTER 5: MODEL ESTIMATES OF LIFETIMES

CHAPTER 6: RECOMMENDED VALUES FOR STEADY-STATE ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIMES AND THEIR UNCERTAINTIES

APPENDIX