The earlier recommendations fort he absorption cross sections (JPL-2002.JPL-2006, JPL-2010) have been adopted

174-198 nm, data of

D. Gillotay, P.C. Simon, and L. Dierickx, "Temperature dependence of ultraviolet absorption cross-sections of brominated methanes and ethanes," presented at the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, Göttingen, RFA, 1988; Aeronomica Acta A 335, 1-25 (1988),

D. Gillotay and P.C. Simon, "Ultraviolet absorption cross-sections of photoactive species of stratospheric interest. Part 1 : The Halocarbons", Aeronomica Acta A 356, 1-173 (1990),

200-210 nm, mean of the data of

L.T. Molina, M.J. Molina, and F.S. Rowland, "Ultraviolet absorption cross sections of several brominated methanes and ethanes of atmospheric interest," J. Phys. Chem. 86, 2672-2676 (1982); DOI: 10.1021/j100211a023, and

D. Gillotay, P.C. Simon, and L. Dierickx, "Temperature dependence of ultraviolet absorption cross-sections of brominated methanes and ethanes," presented at the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, Göttingen, RFA, 1988; Aeronomica Acta A 335, 1-25 (1988),

D. Gillotay and P.C. Simon, "Ultraviolet absorption cross-sections of photoactive species of stratospheric interest. Part 1 : The Halocarbons", Aeronomica Acta A 356, 1-173 (1990),

215-290 nm, mean of the data of

L.T. Molina, M.J. Molina, and F.S. Rowland, "Ultraviolet absorption cross sections of several brominated methanes and ethanes of atmospheric interest," J. Phys. Chem. 86, 2672-2676 (1982); DOI: 10.1021/j100211a023,

D. Gillotay, P.C. Simon, and L. Dierickx, "Temperature dependence of ultraviolet absorption cross-sections of brominated methanes and ethanes," presented at the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, Göttingen, RFA, 1988; Aeronomica Acta A 335, 1-25 (1988),

D. Gillotay and P.C. Simon, "Ultraviolet absorption cross-sections of photoactive species of stratospheric interest. Part 1 : The Halocarbons", Aeronomica Acta A 356, 1-173 (1990), and

J.C. Mössinger, D.E. Shallcross, and R.A. Cox, "UV-VIS absorption cross-sections and atmospheric lifetimes of CH₂Br₂, CH₂I₂2, and CH₂BrI," J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 94, 1391-1396 (1998); DOI: 10.1039/A709160E,

295-300 nm, data of

J.C. Mössinger, D.E. Shallcross, and R.A. Cox, "UV-VIS absorption cross-sections and atmospheric lifetimes of CH₂Br₂, CH₂I₂, and CH₂BrI," J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 94, 1391-1396 (1998); DOI: 10.1039/A709160E>p> The parameterization of the cross section temperature dependence (215-300 nm, 270-285 K) using the expression

ln σ(λ, T) = ln σ(λ 298 K) + B((λ) (T–298)

given by Mössinger et al.(1998) is recommended for use in model calculations (B values in the third column of the data file)