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Millet & Goldstein 2004
Millet, D.B. and Goldstein, A.H. (2004). Evidence of continuing methylchloroform emissions from the United States. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL020166. issn: 0094-8276.

We present measurements from three sites during 2001--2002 showing that methylchloroform emissions have continued in the U.S., despite the 1996 production ban under the Montreal Protocol. Available data from urban regions, if representative, suggest that 1997--2002 U.S. emissions declined exponentially from 18.5 to 3.0 Gg/yr. F-11 also showed evidence of ongoing emissions, whereas F-113 emissions have effectively ceased. Continuous in-situ measurements in urban regions provide an effective means of detecting ongoing emissions of banned compounds. Neglecting continuing emissions causes underestimates in tropospheric OH abundance derived from methylchloroform concentrations.

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Constituent sources and sinks, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Pollution—urban and regional, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Troposphere—composition and chemistry
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Geophysical Research Letters
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