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Atmosphere-Snowpack NOx Exchange: Measurements at Summit, Greenland and Process-Scale Modeling |
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Keenan Murray, Laurens Ganzeveld, Louisa Kramer, Paul Doskey, Detlev Helmig, Brian Seok, Brie Van Dam |
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EGU General Assembly 2013
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Englisch
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In: GRA - Volume 15 (2013) |
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250076029
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Atmosphere-Snowpack NOx Exchange: Measurements at Summit, Greenland and Process-Scale Modeling
Keenan A. Murray, Laurens Ganzeveld, Louisa J. Kramer, Paul V. Doskey, Detlev Helmig, Brian Seok, Brie Van Dam
Snowpack over glacial ice is a reservoir for reactive nitrogen gases. During the sunlit season, NOx is generated in the interstitial air of snowpack through photolysis of nitrate (NO3-) in snow. Gradients in NOx mixing ratios between snowpack interstitial air and the overlying atmosphere regulate transfer of NOx to/from snowpack and affect the atmospheric O3 budget, oxidation capacity and, consequently, climate. To better understand the dynamics in cryosphere-atmosphere exchange of NOx we have collected 2 years of meteorological and chemical data at Summit, Greenland. Profiles of NO, NO2 and O3 mixing ratios were measured in interstitial air at several depths in the snowpack and at 2 levels above the snow surface. NOx emissions are episodic, with large NOx events occurring in early spring during high wind speed events (10-20 mph) that elevate NOx levels to ~500 pptv to depths of 2.5 meters into the snowpack. The poster will present measurements of NO, NO2, O3, wind, and irradiance for a high NOx event in the snowpack during the 2008-2010 period. Analysis of these observations will be based upon the application of a 1-D process-scale model of the atmosphere-snowpack exchange of NOx, which includes representations of the snowpack chemistry of reactive nitrogen, peroxides, and small hydrocarbon species. A more highly parameterized version of the process-scale model is currently being developed for inclusion in a global-scale model to assess the implications of climate change on cryosphere-atmosphere NOx and Ox exchange. We will present a first comparison of the predicated NOx and O3 profiles and fluxes from the process-scale/parameterized models, respectively, to observed measurements. |
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