Estimation of mixing in the troposphere from Lagrangian trace gas reconstructions during long-range pollution plume transport
International audience The dispersion and mixing of pollutant plumes during long-range transport across the North Atlantic is studied using ensembles of diffusive backward trajectories in order to estimate turbulent diffusivity coefficients in the free troposphere under stratified flow conditions. V...
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International audience The dispersion and mixing of pollutant plumes during long-range transport across the North Atlantic is studied using ensembles of diffusive backward trajectories in order to estimate turbulent diffusivity coefficients in the free troposphere under stratified flow conditions. Values of the order of 0.3-1 m2 s−1 and 1 × 104 m2 s−1 for the vertical and horizontal diffusivity coefficients D v and D h , respectively, are derived. Uncertainties related to the method are discussed, and results are compared with previous estimates of atmospheric mixing rates. These diffusivity estimates also yield an estimate of the vertical/horizontal aspect ratio of tracer structures in the troposphere. Results from this case study are used to estimate grid resolutions needed to accurately simulate the intercontinental transport of pollutants as being of the order of 500 m in the vertical and at least 40 km in the horizontal. This work forms the basis of high-resolution chemical simulations using ensembles of diffusive backward trajectories. |
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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) University of Cambridge UK (CAM) Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD) Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL) TROPO - LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Environnement Atmosphérique (CEREA) École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-EDF R&D (EDF R&D) EDF (EDF)-EDF (EDF) Laboratoire d'aérologie (LAERO) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) DLR Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre (IPA) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling (DLR) CNRS/INSU, ADEME (PNCA, PATOM) IPSL (ITOP) IGN European Union European Project: 505390-GOCE-CT-2004,SCOUT-03 |
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Estimation of mixing in the troposphere from Lagrangian trace gas reconstructions during long-range pollution plume transport |
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Estimation of mixing in the troposphere from Lagrangian trace gas reconstructions during long-range pollution plume transport |
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Estimation of mixing in the troposphere from Lagrangian trace gas reconstructions during long-range pollution plume transport |
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Estimation of mixing in the troposphere from Lagrangian trace gas reconstructions during long-range pollution plume transport |
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Estimation of mixing in the troposphere from Lagrangian trace gas reconstructions during long-range pollution plume transport |
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estimation of mixing in the troposphere from lagrangian trace gas reconstructions during long-range pollution plume transport |
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ftinsu:oai:HAL:hal-00421748v1 2023-12-17T10:46:39+01:00 Estimation of mixing in the troposphere from Lagrangian trace gas reconstructions during long-range pollution plume transport Pisso, Ignacio Real, Elsa Law, Kathy S. Legras, B. Bousserez, N. Attié, Jean-Luc Schlager, H. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) University of Cambridge UK (CAM) Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD) Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL) TROPO - LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Environnement Atmosphérique (CEREA) École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-EDF R&D (EDF R&D) EDF (EDF)-EDF (EDF) Laboratoire d'aérologie (LAERO) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) DLR Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre (IPA) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling (DLR) CNRS/INSU, ADEME (PNCA, PATOM) IPSL (ITOP) IGN European Union European Project: 505390-GOCE-CT-2004,SCOUT-03 2009 https://hal.science/hal-00421748 https://hal.science/hal-00421748/document https://hal.science/hal-00421748/file/Pisso_et_al-2009-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Solid_Earth_%281978-2012%29.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD011289 en eng HAL CCSD American Geophysical Union info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1029/2008JD011289 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement//505390-GOCE-CT-2004/EU/SCOUT-03/SCOUT-03 hal-00421748 https://hal.science/hal-00421748 https://hal.science/hal-00421748/document https://hal.science/hal-00421748/file/Pisso_et_al-2009-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Solid_Earth_%281978-2012%29.pdf doi:10.1029/2008JD011289 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2169-897X EISSN: 2169-8996 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres https://hal.science/hal-00421748 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2009, 114 (D19), pp.D19301. ⟨10.1029/2008JD011289⟩ [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph] [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2009 ftinsu https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD011289 2023-11-22T17:39:10Z International audience The dispersion and mixing of pollutant plumes during long-range transport across the North Atlantic is studied using ensembles of diffusive backward trajectories in order to estimate turbulent diffusivity coefficients in the free troposphere under stratified flow conditions. Values of the order of 0.3-1 m2 s−1 and 1 × 104 m2 s−1 for the vertical and horizontal diffusivity coefficients D v and D h , respectively, are derived. Uncertainties related to the method are discussed, and results are compared with previous estimates of atmospheric mixing rates. These diffusivity estimates also yield an estimate of the vertical/horizontal aspect ratio of tracer structures in the troposphere. Results from this case study are used to estimate grid resolutions needed to accurately simulate the intercontinental transport of pollutants as being of the order of 500 m in the vertical and at least 40 km in the horizontal. This work forms the basis of high-resolution chemical simulations using ensembles of diffusive backward trajectories. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU Journal of Geophysical Research 114 D19 |