Low European methyl chloroform emissions inferred from long-term atmospheric measurements

Stefan Reimann (), Alistair J. Manning, Peter G. Simmonds, Derek M. Cunnold, Ray H. J. Wang, Jinlong Li, Archie McCulloch, Ronald G. Prinn, Jin Huang, Ray F. Weiss, Paul J. Fraser, Simon O'Doherty, Brian R. Greally, Konrad Stemmler, Matthias Hill and Doris Folini
Additional contact information
Stefan Reimann: Empa, Institute of Materials Science and Technology
Alistair J. Manning: Climate Research, Met Office
Peter G. Simmonds: University of Bristol, Cantocks Close
Derek M. Cunnold: Georgia Institute of Technology
Ray H. J. Wang: Georgia Institute of Technology
Jinlong Li: Georgia Institute of Technology
Archie McCulloch: University of Bristol, Cantocks Close
Ronald G. Prinn: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jin Huang: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ray F. Weiss: University of California at , La Jolla
Paul J. Fraser: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, PMBI, Aspendale
Simon O'Doherty: University of Bristol, Cantocks Close
Brian R. Greally: University of Bristol, Cantocks Close
Konrad Stemmler: Empa, Institute of Materials Science and Technology
Matthias Hill: Empa, Institute of Materials Science and Technology
Doris Folini: Empa, Institute of Materials Science and Technology

Nature, 2005, vol. 433, issue 7025, 506-508

Abstract: Methyl chloroform in the balance Use of the solvent methyl chloroform is being phased out under the Montreal Protocol because of its ozone-depleting properties. Its atmospheric concentrations are declining, but recent studies have come to conflicting conclusions about trends in European emissions. Estimates range from less than 100,000 kg per year to over 20 million kg per year, the latter more than doubling previous global estimates. A new study evaluates these estimates based on data from Mace Head in Ireland and Jungfraujoch, Switzerland. The results do not support the recent unexpectedly high estimates, but with emission estimates from 60 million kg per year in the mid-1990s to up to 3.4 million kg per year from 2000 to 2003, they are higher than the latest consumption-based figures. The authors speculate that if these figures are correct, unrecorded methyl chloroform sources must exist, suggesting under-reporting of emissions by industry or of consumption by the Montreal Protocol reporting process.

Date: 2005
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature03220 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nat:nature:v:433:y:2005:i:7025:d:10.1038_nature03220

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.nature.com/

DOI: 10.1038/nature03220

Access Statistics for this article

Nature is currently edited by Magdalena Skipper

More articles in Nature from Nature
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().