A three-dimensional total odd nitrogen (NO y ) simulation during SONEX using a stretched-grid chemical transport model ...
The relative importance of various odd nitrogen (NOy) sources including lightning, aircraft, and surface emissions on upper tropospheric total odd nitrogen is illustrated as a first application of the three-dimensional Stretched-Grid University of Maryland/Goddard Chemical-Transport Model (SG-GCTM)....
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| Language: | English |
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2000
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.13016/m29tah-qy3q https://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/34941 |
| Summary: | The relative importance of various odd nitrogen (NOy) sources including lightning, aircraft, and surface emissions on upper tropospheric total odd nitrogen is illustrated as a first application of the three-dimensional Stretched-Grid University of Maryland/Goddard Chemical-Transport Model (SG-GCTM). The SG-GCTM has been developed to look at the effect of localized sources and/or small-scale mixing processes on the large-scale or global chemical balance. For this simulation the stretched grid was chosen so that its maximum resolution is located over eastern North America and the North Atlantic; a region that includes most of the Subsonic Assessment (SASS) Ozone and Nitrogen Oxide Experiment (SONEX) flight paths. The SONEX period (October-November 1997) is simulated by driving the SG-GCTM with assimilated data from the Goddard Earth Observing System-Stratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport Data Assimilation System (GEOS-STRAT DAS). A new algorithm is used to estimate the lightning flash rates needed to ... |
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