First ground-based Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer observations of HFC-23 at Rikubetsu, Japan, and Syowa Station, Antarctica
Masanori Takeda,Hideaki Nakajima,Isao Murata,Tomoo Nagahama,Isamu Morino,Geoffrey C. Toon,Ray F. Weiss,Jens Mühle,Paul B. Krummel,Paul J. Fraser,and Hsiang-Jui Wang
Masanori Takeda
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8572, Japan
now at: Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8604, Japan
Climate Science Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Victoria, 3195, Australia
Paul J. Fraser
Climate Science Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Victoria, 3195, Australia
This paper presents the first observations of atmospheric HFC-23 abundances with a ground-based remote sensing technique. The increasing trend of the HFC-23 abundances analyzed by this study agrees with that derived from other existing in situ measurements. This study indicates that ground-based FTIR observation has the capability to monitor the trend of atmospheric HFC-23 and could allow for monitoring the distribution of global atmospheric HFC-23 abundances in more detail.
This paper presents the first observations of atmospheric HFC-23 abundances with a ground-based...
