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IPCC list of greenhouse gases

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This is a list of LLGHG (long-lived greenhouse gases) greenhouse gases as used by the IPCC TAR.

Contents
1 Gases relevant to radiative forcing only (per IPCC documentation) 2 Gases relevant to radiative forcing and ozone depletion (per IPCC documentation) 3 References 4 See also

Gases relevant to radiative forcing only (per IPCC documentation)

The following table has its sources in Chapter 2, pg 141, Table 2.1. of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, 2007.[1]. Mole fractions: mol/mol = ppm = parts per million (106); nmol/mol = ppb = parts per billion (109); pmol/mol = ppt = parts per trillion (1012). Mole fractions and their changes Species CO2 CH4 N2O CFC-11 CFC-12 CFC-113 HCFC-22 HCFC-141b HCFC-142b CH3CCl3 CCl4 HFC-125 HFC-134a 2005 Radiative Forcing

Change since 1998 2005 (W m2) 1998 (%) 1.66 0.48 0.16 0.063 0.17 0.024 0.033 0.0025 0.0031 0.0011 0.012 0.0009 0.0055 +13 +11 5 +1 5 +29 +93 +57 72 7 +234 +349
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379 0.65 mol/mol +13 mol/mol 1,774 1.8 nmol/mol +11 nmol/mol 319 0.12 nmol/mol 251 0.36 pmol/mol 538 0.18 pmol/mol 79 0.064 pmol/mol 169 1.0 pmol/mol 18 0.068 pmol/mol 15 0.13 pmol/mol 19 0.47 pmol/mol 93 0.17 pmol/mol 3.7 0.10 pmol/mol 35 0.73 pmol/mol +5 nmol/mol 13 +4 4 +38 +9 +6 47 7 +2.6 +27

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HFC-152a HFC-23 SF6 CF4 (PFC-14)

3.9 0.11 pmol/mol 18 0.12 pmol/mol

+2.4 +4

0.0004 0.0033 0.0029 0.0034 0.0008

+151 +29 +36 +22

5.6 0.038 pmol/mol +1.5 74 1.6 pmol/mol -

C2F6 (PFC-116) 2.9 0.025 pmol/mol +0.5 The older data from 1998 has been left for reference.

Gas

Alternate Name

Formula

1998 Level

Increase since 1750

Radiative forcing (Wm2) 1.46 0.89 0.48 0.15 0.003 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.000

Specific heat at STP (J kg1) 0.819 1.013 2.191 0.88 1.33 0.067 0.074 0.064 0.007 0.04

365 87 mol/mol mol/mol 11.1 46 Carbon Monoxide Carbonic Oxide (CO) mol/mol nmol/mol 1,745 1,045 (CH4) Methane Marsh gas nmol/mol nmol/mol 314 44 (N2O) Nitrous oxide Laughing gas nmol/mol nmol/mol Carbon 80 40 (CF4) Tetrafluoromethane tetrafluoride pmol/mol pmol/mol 3 Hexafluoroethane Perfluoroethane (C2F6) 3 pmol/mol pmol/mol 4.2 4.2 Sulfur hexafluoride Sulfur fluoride (SF6) pmol/mol pmol/mol 14 14 HFC-23* Trifluoromethane (CHF3) pmol/mol pmol/mol 1,1,1,27.5 0.001(C2H2F4) 7.5 HFC-134a* tetrafluoroethane pmol/mol pmol/mol 1,10.5 0.5 (C2H4F2) HFC-152a* Difluoroethane pmol/mol pmol/mol Carbon dioxide (CO2)

Carbonic anhydride

Gases relevant to radiative forcing and ozone depletion (per IPCC documentation)
Gas CFC-11 Alternate Name Trichlorofluoromethane Formula (CFCl3) 1998 Level Increase since 1750 Radiative forcing (Wm2) 0.07

268 268 pmol/mol pmol/mol 533 533

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CFC-12 CFC-13 CFC-113 CFC-114 CFC-115 Carbon tetrachloride 1,1,1Trichloroethane HCFC-141b HCFC-142b Halon-1211 Halon-1301

Dichlorodifluoromethane Chlorotrifluoromethane 1,1,1Trichlorotrifluoroethane

(CF2Cl2) (CClF3) (C2F3Cl3)

pmol/mol pmol/mol 4 4 pmol/mol pmol/mol

0.17 0.001

84 pmol/mol 84 pmol/mol 0.03 15 15 pmol/mol 0.005 pmol/mol 7 7 pmol/mol pmol/mol 102 102 pmol/mol pmol/mol 0.001 0.01

1,2-Dichlorotetrafluoroethane (C2F4Cl2) Chloropentafluoroethane Tetrachloromethane Methyl chloroform (C2F5Cl) (CCl4)

(CH3CCl3) 69 69 pmol/mol 0.004 pmol/mol

10 1,1-Dichloro-1-Fluoroethane (C2H3FCl2) 10 pmol/mol 0.001 pmol/mol 11 1-Chloro-1,1-Difluoroethane (C2H3F2Cl) 11 pmol/mol 0.002 pmol/mol Bromochlorodifluoromethane (CClF2Br) Bromotrifluoromethane (CF3Br) 3.8 3.8 pmol/mol 0.001 pmol/mol 2.5 2.5 pmol/mol 0.001 pmol/mol

References
1. ^ "Chapter 2" (http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg1.htm) . Climate Change 2007 Contribution of Working Group I. http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg1.htm.

See also
(Source: IPCC radiative forcing report 1994 updated (to 1998) by IPCC TAR table 6.1 [1] (http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/221.htm) . See also [2] (http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/pns/current_ghg.html) . Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=IPCC_list_of_greenhouse_gases&oldid=504533023" Categories: Greenhouse gases This page was last modified on 28 July 2012 at 03:09. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of use for details. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.

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