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Titel |
Modelling the effect of denitrification on polar ozone depletion for Arctic winter 2004/2005 |
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W. Feng, M. P. Chipperfield, S. Davies, G. W. Mann, K. S. Carslaw, S. Dhomse, L. Harvey, C. Randall, M. L. Santee |
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Artikel
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Englisch
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1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 11, no. 13 ; Nr. 11, no. 13 (2011-07-12), S.6559-6573 |
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250009903
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Publikation (Nr.) |
copernicus.org/acp-11-6559-2011.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
A three-dimensional (3-D) chemical transport model (CTM), SLIMCAT, has been
used to quantify the effect of denitrification on ozone loss for the Arctic
winter 2004/2005. The simulated HNO3 is found to be highly sensitive to
the polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) scheme used in the model. Here the
standard SLIMCAT full chemistry model, which uses a thermodynamic equilibrium
PSC scheme, overpredicts the ozone loss for Arctic winter 2004/2005 due to
the overestimation of denitrification and stronger chlorine activation than
observed. A model run with a coupled detailed microphysical denitrification
scheme, DLAPSE (Denitrification by Lagrangian Particle Sedimentation), is
less denitrified than the standard model run and better reproduces the
observed HNO3 as measured by Airborne SUbmillimeter Radiometer (ASUR) and
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instruments. Overall, denitrification is
responsible for a ~30 % enhancement in O3 depletion compared
with simulations without denitrification for Arctic winter 2004/2005, which
is slightly larger than the inferred impact of denitrification on Arctic
ozone loss for previous winters from different CTMs simulations. The
overestimated denitrification from standard SLIMCAT simulation causes
~5–10 % more ozone loss at ~17 km compared with the
simulation using the DLAPSE PSC scheme for Arctic winter 2004/2005. The
calculated partial column ozone loss from SLIMCAT using the DLAPSE scheme is
about 130 DU by mid-March 2005, which compares well with the inferred column
ozone loss from ozonesondes and satellite data (127±21 DU). |
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