title: Measuring and modeling the lifetime of nitrous oxide including its variability.
abstract: Nitrous oxide lifetime is computed empirically from MLS satellite dataEmpirical N2O lifetimes compared with models including interannual variabilityResults improve values for present anthropogenic and preindustrial emissions.
authors.affiliation: Earth System Science University of California Irvine Irvine California USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Prather
authors.affiliation: Earth System Science University of California Irvine Irvine California USA.
authors.forename: Juno
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.affiliation: Earth System Science University of California Irvine Irvine California USA.
authors.forename: Nicole M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: DeLuca
authors.affiliation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Maryland USA.
authors.forename: Charles H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Jackman
authors.affiliation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Maryland USA.
authors.forename: Luke D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Oman
authors.affiliation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Maryland USA.
authors.forename: Anne R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Douglass
authors.affiliation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Maryland USA;Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Lanham Maryland USA.
authors.forename: Eric L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.affiliation: Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Lanham Maryland USA.
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Strahan
authors.affiliation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Maryland USA; Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research Center Universities Space Research Association Columbia Maryland USA.
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Steenrod
authors.affiliation: Center for International Climate and Environmental Research-Oslo Oslo Norway.
authors.forename: O Amund
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Søvde
authors.affiliation: Department of Geosciences University of Oslo Oslo Norway.
authors.forename: Ivar S A
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Isaksen
authors.affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California USA.
authors.forename: Lucien
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Froidevaux
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC Granada Spain.
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Funke
keywords: anthropogenic emissions; atmospheric lifetime; models and measurements; nitrous oxide; perturbation lifetime; stratospheric photochemistry