Case studies of ozone transport between North America and Europe in summer 2000
International audience This paper reports on Long Range Transport (LRT) of ozone and related species over the North Atlantic ocean and its impact on Europe. Measurements of NO 2 and O 3 columns from the GOME and MOPITT satellite instruments are first used in conjunction with the GEOS-CHEM global mod...
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ftmeteofrance:oai:HAL:hal-00327955v1 2024-09-15T18:24:25+00:00 Case studies of ozone transport between North America and Europe in summer 2000 Guerova, G. Bey, I. Attié, Jean-Luc Martin, R. V. Laboratoire de Modélisation de la Chimie Atmosphérique 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) Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science Halifax Dalhousie University Halifax Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution 2005-08-17 https://hal.science/hal-00327955 https://hal.science/hal-00327955/document https://hal.science/hal-00327955/file/acpd-5-6127-2005.pdf en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union hal-00327955 https://hal.science/hal-00327955 https://hal.science/hal-00327955/document https://hal.science/hal-00327955/file/acpd-5-6127-2005.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1680-7367 EISSN: 1680-7375 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions https://hal.science/hal-00327955 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 2005, 5 (4), pp.6127-6184 [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2005 ftmeteofrance 2024-06-25T00:12:47Z International audience This paper reports on Long Range Transport (LRT) of ozone and related species over the North Atlantic ocean and its impact on Europe. Measurements of NO 2 and O 3 columns from the GOME and MOPITT satellite instruments are first used in conjunction with the GEOS-CHEM global model of transport and tropospheric chemistry to identify the major events of LRT that reach Europe over the course of the summer 2000. Model simulations are then used to examine surface O 3 observations at a European mountain site and O 3 vertical profiles over several European cities to quantify the impact of the LRT events on the European ozone distributions. Over the course of summer 2000, we identified nine major episodes of pollution transport between North America and Europe, which are in majority associated with WCB/post-frontal outflow (7 events) and zonal transport (2 events). We find that on average three episodes occur per month with the strongest ones being in June. The number and frequency of LRT events that reach Europe after leaving North America is strongly driven by the position and strength of the Azores anticyclone. After leaving North America, the plumes can either i) travel in the North American cyclones, mostly in the Warm Conveyor Belt (WCB), tracking poleward and thus reach Europe at high latitudes; ii) be transported zonally between 40° and 55° N directly to Europe; iii) be incorporated into the Azores anticyclone and reach Europe at mid-latitudes. Based on model sensitivity simulation it can be concluded that on average the North American sources of ozone contribute between 2–8 ppb in PBL and 10–13 ppb in FT. During particular episodes the North American sources resulted in O 3 enhancement up to 25–28 ppb in the layer between 800–600 hPa and 10–12 ppb in PBL. For some episodes a substantial North American contribution (30% or higher) does not translate into a well marked enhancement of the total O 3 . Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Météo-France: HAL |
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International audience This paper reports on Long Range Transport (LRT) of ozone and related species over the North Atlantic ocean and its impact on Europe. Measurements of NO 2 and O 3 columns from the GOME and MOPITT satellite instruments are first used in conjunction with the GEOS-CHEM global model of transport and tropospheric chemistry to identify the major events of LRT that reach Europe over the course of the summer 2000. Model simulations are then used to examine surface O 3 observations at a European mountain site and O 3 vertical profiles over several European cities to quantify the impact of the LRT events on the European ozone distributions. Over the course of summer 2000, we identified nine major episodes of pollution transport between North America and Europe, which are in majority associated with WCB/post-frontal outflow (7 events) and zonal transport (2 events). We find that on average three episodes occur per month with the strongest ones being in June. The number and frequency of LRT events that reach Europe after leaving North America is strongly driven by the position and strength of the Azores anticyclone. After leaving North America, the plumes can either i) travel in the North American cyclones, mostly in the Warm Conveyor Belt (WCB), tracking poleward and thus reach Europe at high latitudes; ii) be transported zonally between 40° and 55° N directly to Europe; iii) be incorporated into the Azores anticyclone and reach Europe at mid-latitudes. Based on model sensitivity simulation it can be concluded that on average the North American sources of ozone contribute between 2–8 ppb in PBL and 10–13 ppb in FT. During particular episodes the North American sources resulted in O 3 enhancement up to 25–28 ppb in the layer between 800–600 hPa and 10–12 ppb in PBL. For some episodes a substantial North American contribution (30% or higher) does not translate into a well marked enhancement of the total O 3 . |
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Laboratoire de Modélisation de la Chimie Atmosphérique 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) Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science Halifax Dalhousie University Halifax Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution |
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Case studies of ozone transport between North America and Europe in summer 2000 |
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Case studies of ozone transport between North America and Europe in summer 2000 |
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Case studies of ozone transport between North America and Europe in summer 2000 |
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Case studies of ozone transport between North America and Europe in summer 2000 |
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Case studies of ozone transport between North America and Europe in summer 2000 |
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case studies of ozone transport between north america and europe in summer 2000 |
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ISSN: 1680-7367 EISSN: 1680-7375 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions https://hal.science/hal-00327955 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 2005, 5 (4), pp.6127-6184 |
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