STRATAQ: A three-dimensional Chemical Transport Model of the stratosphere
International audience A three-dimensional (3-D) Chemical Transport Model (CTM) of the stratosphere has been developed and used for a test study of the evolution of chemical species in the arctic lower stratosphere during winter 1996/97. This particular winter has been chosen for testing the model...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-00317041v1 2023-11-12T04:13:49+01:00 STRATAQ: A three-dimensional Chemical Transport Model of the stratosphere Grassi, B. Redaelli, G. Visconti, G. Dipartimento di Fisica L'Aquila Università degli Studi dell'Aquila = University of L'Aquila (UNIVAQ) 2002 https://hal.science/hal-00317041 https://hal.science/hal-00317041/document https://hal.science/hal-00317041/file/angeo-20-847-2002.pdf en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union hal-00317041 https://hal.science/hal-00317041 https://hal.science/hal-00317041/document https://hal.science/hal-00317041/file/angeo-20-847-2002.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0992-7689 EISSN: 1432-0576 Annales Geophysicae https://hal.science/hal-00317041 Annales Geophysicae, 2002, 20 (6), pp.847-862 [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2002 ftccsdartic 2023-10-21T23:07:53Z International audience A three-dimensional (3-D) Chemical Transport Model (CTM) of the stratosphere has been developed and used for a test study of the evolution of chemical species in the arctic lower stratosphere during winter 1996/97. This particular winter has been chosen for testing the model's capabilities for its remarkable dynamical situation (very cold and strong polar vortex) along with the availability of sparse chlorine, HNO 3 and O 3 data, showing also very low O 3 values in late March/April. Due to those unusual features, the winter 1996/97 can be considered an excellent example of the impact of both dynamics and heterogeneous reactions on the chemistry of the stratosphere. Model integration has been performed from January to March 1997 and the resulting long-lived and short-lived tracer fields compared with available measurements. The model includes a detailed gas phase chemical scheme and a parameterization of the heterogeneous reactions occurring on liquid aerosol and polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) surfaces. The transport is calculated using a semi-lagrangian flux scheme, forced by meteorological analyses. In such form, the STRATAQ CTM model is suitable for short-term integrations to study transport and chemical evolution related to "real" meteorological situations. Model simulation during the chosen winter shows intense PSC formation, with noticeable local HNO 3 capture by PSCs, and the activation of vortex air leading to chlorine production and subsequent O 3 destruction. The resulting model fields show generally good agreement with satellite data (MLS and TOMS), although the available observations, due to their limited number and time/space sparse nature, are not enough to effectively constraint the model. In particular, the model seems to perform well in reproducing the rapid processing of air inside the polar vortex on PSC converting reservoir species in active chlorine. In addition, it satisfactorily reproduces the morphology of the continuous O 3 decline as shown by the satellite ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Arctic |
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International audience A three-dimensional (3-D) Chemical Transport Model (CTM) of the stratosphere has been developed and used for a test study of the evolution of chemical species in the arctic lower stratosphere during winter 1996/97. This particular winter has been chosen for testing the model's capabilities for its remarkable dynamical situation (very cold and strong polar vortex) along with the availability of sparse chlorine, HNO 3 and O 3 data, showing also very low O 3 values in late March/April. Due to those unusual features, the winter 1996/97 can be considered an excellent example of the impact of both dynamics and heterogeneous reactions on the chemistry of the stratosphere. Model integration has been performed from January to March 1997 and the resulting long-lived and short-lived tracer fields compared with available measurements. The model includes a detailed gas phase chemical scheme and a parameterization of the heterogeneous reactions occurring on liquid aerosol and polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) surfaces. The transport is calculated using a semi-lagrangian flux scheme, forced by meteorological analyses. In such form, the STRATAQ CTM model is suitable for short-term integrations to study transport and chemical evolution related to "real" meteorological situations. Model simulation during the chosen winter shows intense PSC formation, with noticeable local HNO 3 capture by PSCs, and the activation of vortex air leading to chlorine production and subsequent O 3 destruction. The resulting model fields show generally good agreement with satellite data (MLS and TOMS), although the available observations, due to their limited number and time/space sparse nature, are not enough to effectively constraint the model. In particular, the model seems to perform well in reproducing the rapid processing of air inside the polar vortex on PSC converting reservoir species in active chlorine. In addition, it satisfactorily reproduces the morphology of the continuous O 3 decline as shown by the satellite ... |
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STRATAQ: A three-dimensional Chemical Transport Model of the stratosphere |
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STRATAQ: A three-dimensional Chemical Transport Model of the stratosphere |
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STRATAQ: A three-dimensional Chemical Transport Model of the stratosphere |
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STRATAQ: A three-dimensional Chemical Transport Model of the stratosphere |
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strataq: a three-dimensional chemical transport model of the stratosphere |
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ISSN: 0992-7689 EISSN: 1432-0576 Annales Geophysicae https://hal.science/hal-00317041 Annales Geophysicae, 2002, 20 (6), pp.847-862 |
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