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Science 21 April 2000:
Vol. 288. no. 5465, pp. 500 - 503
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5465.500
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New Observational Constraints for Atmospheric Hydroxyl on Global and Hemispheric Scales
S. A. Montzka,
1*
C. M. Spivakovsky,
2
J. H. Butler,
1
J.
W. Elkins,
1
L. T. Lock,
3
D. J. Mondeel
3
Dramatic declines in emissions of methyl chloroform
(1,1,1-trichloroethane) resulting from the Montreal Protocol provide an unprecedented opportunity to improve our understanding of the oxidizing
power of Earth's atmosphere. Atmospheric observations of this
industrial gas during the late 1990s yield new insights into the global
burden and distribution of the hydroxyl radical. Our results set firm
upper limits on the global and Southern Hemispheric lifetimes of methyl
chloroform and confirm the predominance of hydroxyl in the tropics. Our
analysis suggests a global lifetime for methyl chloroform of 5.2 (+0.2,
 0.3) years, a Southern Hemispheric lifetime of 4.9 (+0.2, 0.3)
years, and mean annual concentrations of OH that are 15 ± 10%
higher south of the intertropical convergence zone than those north of
this natural mixing boundary between the hemispheres.
1 National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303, USA.
2 Department of
Earth and Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering and Applied
Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
3 Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA.
*
To whom correspondence should be addressed.
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