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Air Curve

Atmospheric mixing ratios of CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113,CFC-13 x 100, SF6 x 100, and SF5CF3 x 1000 for Northern Hemisphere atmosphere.

Data for the construction of the mixing ratios in this figure were obtained from the CMDL/NOAA website URL http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ (Elkins, Butler, Thompson, and Montzka, 2003; Montzka et al., 1996 and 1999), from the CDIAC website URL http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/ (Walker et al., 2000; Prinn et al., 2000; Cunnold et al., 1997). Data that was used to construct the Northern Hemisphere 1980 to 1990 atmospheric concentrations for CFC-113 were obtained from a number of sources (Busenberg and Plummer, 1993; Wisegarver and Gammon, 1988; Gilpin, 1991; Wang 1993 and 1997;and Tominaga, 1993). The pre-1980's mixing ratios were reconstructed from production and atmospheric release data (Fisher and Midgley, 1993; and AFEAS, 2003, http://www.afeas.org/ )

Differences between the NOAA (CMDL) and SIO-98 scales

(written communication, Bradley Hall, 2004; http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/hats/standard/scales.htm).

Current SIO-NOAA (CMDL) scale differences are derived from in-situ measurements at the American Samoa Observatory. The following mean differences were identified as of October 2003 based on data comparison from 1999 to 2003.

For CFC-12, the SIO-98 is 1.64% higher than NOAA-2001 scale.
For CFC-11, the SIO-98 is 0.64% lower than NOAA-1992 scale (not constant in time, scales are converging).
For CFC-113, the SIO-98 is 1.79% lower than NOAA-2002 scale.

Data Table

Atmospheric mixing ratios of CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113 and SF6 in North America (NH) and CFCs in Southern Hemisphere (SH) air compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey Chlorofluorocarbon Laboratory.

CFC and SF6 mixing ratios are in parts per trillion volume (pptv) and are on the SIO-98 scale.

Revised February 2004

Data Table

Atmospheric mixing ratios of CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-13, CFC-113, SF6 and SF5CF3 in North America (NH) and CFCs in Southern Hemisphere (SH) air compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey Chlorofluorocarbon Laboratory.

CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113 and SF6 mixing ratios are in parts per trillion volume (pptv) and are on the SIO-98 scale. CFC-13 and SF5CF3 mixing ratios are in parts per trillion volume (pptv).

NH revised December 2006

SH revised February 2004

Year NH
CFC-12
NH
CFC-11
NH
CFC-113
NH
CFC-13
NH
SF6
NH
SF5CF3
SH
CFC-12
SH
CFC-11
SH
CFC-113
SH
SF6
1940.0 0.34 0.01 0.00 0 0.055 0 0.15 0.01 0 0.05
1940.5 0.40 0.01 0.00 0 0.055 0 0.21 0.01 0 0.05
1941.0 0.48 0.02 0.00 0 0.055 0 0.27 0.01 0 0.05
1941.5 0.56 0.02 0.00 0 0.055 0 0.33 0.01 0 0.05
1942.0 0.66 0.02 0.00 0 0.055 0 0.39 0.01 0 0.05
1942.5 0.76 0.02 0.00 0 0.055 0 0.47 0.02 0 0.05
1943.0 0.88 0.03 0.00 0 0.055 0 0.55 0.02 0 0.05
1943.5 1.01 0.03 0.01 0 0.055 0 0.65 0.02 0 0.05
1944.0 1.18 0.04 0.01 0 0.055 0 0.75 0.02 0 0.05
1944.5 1.34 0.04 0.03 0 0.055 0 0.87 0.03 0 0.05
1945.0 1.56 0.05 0.04 0 0.055 0 0.99 0.03 0.01 0.05
1945.5 1.77 0.05 0.06 0 0.055 0 1.16 0.04 0.01 0.05
1946.0 2.15 0.07 0.07 0 0.055 0 1.32 0.04 0.03 0.05
1946.5 2.53 0.08 0.09 0 0.055 0 1.53 0.05 0.04 0.05
1947.0 3.11 0.11 0.11 0 0.055 0 1.74 0.06 0.06 0.05
1947.5 3.70 0.14 0.13 0 0.055 0 2.12 0.07 0.08 0.05
1948.0 4.37 0.20 0.15 0 0.055 0 2.49 0.08 0.09 0.05
1948.5 5.04 0.25 0.17 0 0.055 0 3.06 0.11 0.11 0.05
1949.0 5.76 0.34 0.20 0 0.055 0 3.64 0.14 0.13 0.05
1949.5 6.48 0.43 0.22 0 0.055 0 4.30 0.20 0.15 0.05
1950.0 7.28 0.56 0.25 0 0.055 0 4.96 0.25 0.17 0.05
1950.5 8.07 0.68 0.27 0 0.055 0 5.67 0.34 0.2 0.05
1951.0 8.93 0.85 0.30 0 0.055 0 6.38 0.43 0.22 0.05
1951.5 9.80 1.02 0.33 0 0.055 0 7.16 0.56 0.25 0.05
1952.0 10.69 1.28 0.37 0 0.055 0 7.94 0.68 0.28 0.05
1952.5 11.60 1.53 0.41 0 0.055 0 8.79 0.86 0.31 0.05
1953.0 12.59 1.88 0.44 0 0.055 0 9.64 1.03 0.34 0.05
1953.5 13.60 2.22 0.49 0 0.055 0 10.5 1.29 0.38 0.05
1954.0 14.74 2.64 0.53 0 0.055 0 11.4 1.54 0.42 0.05
1954.5 15.88 3.06 0.58 0 0.055 0 12.4 1.89 0.45 0.05
1955.0 17.15 3.58 0.63 0 0.055 0 13.4 2.23 0.5 0.05
1955.5 18.42 4.09 0.69 0 0.056 0 14.5 2.66 0.54 0.06
1956.0 19.90 4.74 0.75 0 0.056 0 15.9 3.08 0.59 0.06
1956.5 21.39 5.38 0.81 0 0.057 0 17.1 3.60 0.64 0.06
1957.0 23.06 6.09 0.87 0 0.058 0 18.5 4.12 0.7 0.06
1957.5 24.75 6.81 0.94 0 0.059 0 19.9 4.77 0.76 0.06
1958.0 26.50 7.46 1.02 0 0.060 0 21.5 5.41 0.82 0.06
1958.5 28.26 8.11 1.11 0 0.061 0 23.0 6.5 0.89 0.06
1959.0 30.22 8.76 1.19 0 0.062 0 24.7 7.2 0.96 0.06
1959.5 32.18 9.42 1.29 0 0.064 0 26.3 7.8 1.04 0.06
1960.0 34.52 10.29 1.38 0 0.066 0 28.2 8.5 1.13 0.06
1960.5 36.85 11.17 1.49 0 0.069 0 30.1 9.2 1.21 0.06
1961.0 39.48 12.29 1.60 0 0.072 0 32.3 10.1 1.31 0.06
1961.5 42.09 13.42 1.73 0 0.076 0 34.4 10.9 1.41 0.07
1962.0 45.10 14.85 1.86 0 0.079 0 37.0 12.0 1.52 0.07
1962.5 48.10 16.28 1.99 0 0.084 0 39.4 13.1 1.63 0.07
1963.0 51.61 18.02 2.14 0 0.088 0 42.3 14.5 1.76 0.08
1963.5 55.13 19.76 2.31 0 0.095 0 45.1 15.8 1.89 0.08
1964.0 59.2 21.8 2.5 0 0.100 0 48.5 17.5 2.03 0.08
1964.5 63.3 23.9 2.7 0 0.110 0 51.8 19.2 2.18 0.09
1965.0 67.9 26.3 2.8 0 0.120 0 55.7 21.2 2.35 0.10
1965.5 72.5 28.6 3.1 0 0.130 0.0013 59.5 23.1 2.52 0.10
1966.0 77.6 31.2 3.3 0 0.140 0.0017 63.9 25.4 2.71 0.11
1966.5 82.8 33.8 3.5 0 0.150 0.0021 68.1 27.6 2.9 0.12
1967.0 88.5 36.7 3.8 0 0.160 0.0025 73.1 30.2 3.12 0.13
1967.5 94.3 39.7 4.1 0 0.180 0.0030 77.9 32.7 3.34 0.14
1968.0 100.7 43.0 4.3 0 0.190 0.0034 83.5 35.6 3.59 0.15
1968.5 107.2 46.4 4.7 0 0.200 0.0038 88.8 38.3 3.84 0.16
1969.0 114.4 50.2 5.0 0.131 0.210 0.0042 95.0 41.6 4.13 0.18
1969.5 121.5 54.1 5.4 0.196 0.220 0.0047 101.0 44.8 4.41 0.19
1970.0 129.3 58.5 5.7 0.262 0.230 0.0052 108.0 48.6 4.74 0.20
1970.5 137.2 62.9 6.1 0.327 0.250 0.0057 114.7 52.3 5.07 0.21
1971.0 145.5 67.7 6.6 0.392 0.260 0.0062 122.3 56.6 5.45 0.22
1971.5 153.9 72.5 7.1 0.458 0.270 0.0068 129.6 60.7 5.83 0.23
1972.0 162.9 77.8 7.5 0.523 0.280 0.0074 137.8 65.4 6.26 0.25
1972.5 172.0 83.2 8.1 0.589 0.300 0.0081 145.6 70.0 6.69 0.26
1973.0 182.0 89.4 8.7 0.654 0.320 0.0088 154.6 75.3 7.18 0.27
1973.5 192.1 95.5 9.3 0.720 0.340 0.0096 163.2 80.4 7.68 0.28
1974.0 202.9 102.2 9.9 0.785 0.360 0.0104 173.1 86.4 8.25 0.30
1974.5 213.7 108.9 10.7 0.851 0.390 0.0113 182.5 92.2 8.81 0.32
1975.0 224.0 114.6 11.4 0.916 0.420 0.0122 193.0 98.6 9.46 0.34
1975.5 234.3 122.1 12.2 0.982 0.450 0.0132 202.9 104.7 10.1 0.36
1976.0 244.2 128.9 13.1 1.047 0.480 0.0142 213.3 111.1 10.9 0.39
1976.5 254.0 135.1 14.0 1.113 0.52 0.0153 223.1 117.1 11.6 0.42
1977.0 263.3 142.1 15.0 1.178 0.55 0.0165 233.2 123.4 12.5 0.45
1977.5 272.5 146.7 16.1 1.244 0.59 0.0178 242.6 129.3 13.3 0.48
1978.0 282.4 150.0 17.2 1.309 0.63 0.0191 252.2 135.3 14.3 0.52
1978.5 292.9 156.5 18.4 1.375 0.68 0.0205 261.1 140.8 15.3 0.55
1979.0 298.1 159.8 19.7 1.440 0.73 0.0219 267.7 145.0 16.4 0.59
1979.5 301.2 162.6 21.1 1.506 0.77 0.0234 273.5 148.8 17.5 0.63
1980.0 311.2 168.6 22.6 1.571 0.83 0.0250 283.3 154.3 18.8 0.68
1980.5 317.4 172.8 24.1 1.636 0.88 0.0267 292.3 159.3 20.1 0.73
1981.0 322.7 176.0 25.7 1.702 0.94 0.0285 301.0 163.8 21.1 0.77
1981.5 333.8 179.7 27.3 1.767 0.99 0.0303 308.8 167.8 22.5 0.83
1982.0 343.6 183.8 29.0 1.833 1.05 0.0322 317.6 172.2 23.7 0.88
1982.5 352.7 188.3 30.8 1.898 1.12 0.0341 325.5 176.1 25.6 0.94
1983.0 361.6 193.3 32.5 1.964 1.18 0.0362 334.5 180.6 26.9 0.99
1983.5 372.2 198.0 34.8 2.029 1.25 0.0383 342.5 184.5 28.1 1.05
1984.0 378.6 201.9 37.0 2.095 1.32 0.0405 351.5 188.8 29.8 1.12
1984.5 386.2 206.0 39.7 2.160 1.39 0.0427 359.4 192.5 31.4 1.18
1985.0 395.4 211.2 42.3 2.226 1.47 0.0450 369.4 197.6 33.8 1.25
1985.5 403.3 217.3 45.2 2.291 1.54 0.0474 378.2 202.2 36.0 1.32
1986.0 414.6 223.0 48.0 2.357 1.62 0.0499 387.9 207.2 38.6 1.39
1986.5 423.5 227.9 51.1 2.422 1.70 0.0524 396.5 211.5 41.0 1.47
1987.0 433.6 233.5 54.2 2.488 1.79 0.0549 407.0 217.3 44.1 1.54
1987.5 449.3 241.0 57.7 2.553 1.87 0.0575 416.3 222.4 47.0 1.62
1988.0 459.5 248.6 61.2 2.619 1.96 0.0602 426.7 228.2 50.2 1.70
1988.5 469.1 254.0 64.9 2.684 2.05 0.0629 435.8 233.4 53.3 1.79
1989.0 476.7 257.4 68.5 2.750 2.15 0.0657 445.8 238.2 56.6 1.87
1989.5 484.0 262.0 71.5 2.815 2.24 0.0685 454.4 242.3 59.7 1.96
1990.0 493.5 265.8 74.5 2.881 2.34 0.0714 464.2 247.1 63.0 2.05
1990.5 497.1 266.9 76.6 2.946 2.44 0.0743 472.7 251.2 66.1 2.15
1991.0 503.4 269.2 78.8 3.011 2.54 0.0772 480.8 254.4 68.8 2.24
1991.5 508.8 270.1 80.3 3.077 2.65 0.0802 487.4 256.8 71.2 2.34
1992.0 517.7 271.5 81.5 3.142 2.75 0.0832 493.6 259.2 73.9 2.44
1992.5 520.5 272.2 82.4 3.208 2.86 0.0862 498.4 260.9 76.4 2.54
1993.0 523.0 272.3 83.0 3.273 2.97 0.0892 503.5 262.1 78.2 2.65
1993.5 526.0 272.4 83.7 3.339 3.09 0.0923 507.0 262.6 79.8 2.75
1994.0 528.2 272.8 84.1 3.404 3.20 0.0953 511.6 263.6 80.5 2.86
1994.5 533.3 272.2 84.4 3.470 3.32 0.0984 514.7 263.8 81.5 2.97
1995.0 534.7 271.1 84.7 3.535 3.44 0.1015 518.6 263.9 82.1 3.09
1995.5 534.8 270.5 84.9 3.601 3.57 0.1045 520.9 263.5 82.2 3.20
1996.0 535.7 269.9 85.0 3.666 3.69 0.1075 524.3 263.3 82.4 3.32
1996.5 537.4 269.2 85.0 3.732 3.82 0.1106 526.2 263.1 82.7 3.44
1997.0 539.3 268.5 84.8 3.797 3.95 0.1135 529.2 263.0 82.8 3.57
1997.5 540.9 267.8 84.6 3.863 4.08 0.1165 530.6 262.1 82.8 3.69
1998.0 542.1 267.0 84.3 3.928 4.22 0.1194 533.0 262.0 83.1 3.82
1998.5 543.0 266.2 84.0 3.994 4.32 0.1223 533.8 261.1 82.8 3.95
1999.0 544.0 265.4 83.7 4.059 4.43 0.1251 536.1 260.9 82.7 4.08
1999.5 544.6 264.5 83.4 4.125 4.54 0.1279 536.7 259.9 82.3 4.22
2000.0 545.1 263.5 83.0 4.190 4.65 0.1306 538.2 259.4 81.9 4.32
2000.5 545.5 262.6 82.7 4.255 4.77 0.1332 539.2 258.7 81.7 4.43
2001.0 546.0 261.6 82.4 4.321 4.89 0.1357 539.8 257.9 81.4 4.54
2001.5 546.2 260.6 82.0 4.386 5.01 0.1382 540.4 256.9 81.0 4.65
2002.0 546.3 259.5 81.7 4.452 5.14 0.1405 541.2 256.3 80.8 4.77
2002.5 546.3 258.4 81.3 4.517 5.27 0.1427 541.4 255.3 80.4 4.89
2003.0 546.0 257.2 81.0 4.583 5.40 0.1449 541.7 254.2 80.2 5.01
2003.5 545.7 256.1 80.6 4.648 5.53 0.1469 541.5 253.0 79.8 5.14
2004.0 545.3 254.9 80.2 4.714 5.65 0.1487 541.2 252.1 79.4 5.27
2004.5 544.8 253.6 79.8 4.779 5.77 0.1505 540.8 251.0 79.1 5.40
2005.0 544.2 252.3 79.4 4.845 5.89 0.1521 540.2 250.0 78.7 5.53
2005.5 543.3 251.0 79.0 4.910 6.00 0.1535 539.6 248.9 78.3 5.67
2006.0 542.4 249.6 78.5 4.976 6.11 0.1547 538.6 247.8 78.0 5.78
2006.5 541.3 248.2 78.1 5.041 6.22 0.1558
2007.0 540.1 246.8 77.6 5.107 6.33 0.1567
2007.5 538.7 245.3 77.2 5.172 6.44 0.1573
2008.0 537.1 243.8 76.7 5.238 6.55 0.1578

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