Lightning NO x influence on large-scale NO y and O 3 plumes observed over the northern mid-latitudes
International audience This paper describes the NO y plumes originating from lightning emissions based on 4 yr (2001-2005) of MOZAIC measurements in the upper troposphere of the northern mid-latitudes, together with ground- and space-based observations of lightning flashes and clouds. This analysis...
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ftmeteofrance:oai:HAL:hal-04118176v1 2024-09-09T19:57:44+00:00 Lightning NO x influence on large-scale NO y and O 3 plumes observed over the northern mid-latitudes Gressent, Alicia Sauvage, Bastien Defer, Eric Pätz, Hans Werner Thomas, Karin Holle, Ronald Cammas, Jean-Pierre Nédélec, Philippe Boulanger, Damien Thouret, Valérie Volz-Thomas, Andreas Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA) École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP) Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Météo-France 2014 https://hal.science/hal-04118176 https://hal.science/hal-04118176/document https://hal.science/hal-04118176/file/254-1-4316-1-10-20221101.pdf https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.25544 en eng HAL CCSD info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3402/tellusb.v66.25544 hal-04118176 https://hal.science/hal-04118176 https://hal.science/hal-04118176/document https://hal.science/hal-04118176/file/254-1-4316-1-10-20221101.pdf BIBCODE: 2014TellB.6625544G doi:10.3402/tellusb.v66.25544 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology https://hal.science/hal-04118176 Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 2014, 66, ⟨10.3402/tellusb.v66.25544⟩ [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2014 ftmeteofrance https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.25544 2024-06-17T23:52:50Z International audience This paper describes the NO y plumes originating from lightning emissions based on 4 yr (2001-2005) of MOZAIC measurements in the upper troposphere of the northern mid-latitudes, together with ground- and space-based observations of lightning flashes and clouds. This analysis is primarily for the North Atlantic region where the MOZAIC flights are the most frequent and for which the measurements are well representative in space and time. The study investigates the influence of lightning NO x (LNO x ) emissions on large-scale (300-2000 km) plumes (LSPs) of NO y . One hundred and twenty seven LSPs (6% of the total MOZAIC NO y dataset) have been attributed to LNO x emissions. Most of these LSPs were recorded over North America and the Atlantic mainly in spring and summer during the maximum lightning activity occurrence. The majority of the LSPs (74%) is related to warm conveyor belts and extra-tropical cyclones originating from North America and entering the intercontinental transport pathway between North America and Europe, leading to a negative (positive) west to east NO y (O 3 ) zonal gradient with -0.4 (+18) ppbv difference during spring and -0.6 (+14) ppbv difference in summer. The NO y zonal gradient can correspond to the mixing of the plume with the background air. On the other hand, the O 3 gradient is associated with both mixing of background air and with photochemical production during transport. Such transatlantic LSPs may have a potential impact on the European pollution. The remaining sampled LSPs are related to mesoscale convection over Western Europe and the Mediterranean Sea (18%) and to tropical convection (8%). Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Météo-France: HAL Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology 66 1 25544 |
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[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] Gressent, Alicia Sauvage, Bastien Defer, Eric Pätz, Hans Werner Thomas, Karin Holle, Ronald Cammas, Jean-Pierre Nédélec, Philippe Boulanger, Damien Thouret, Valérie Volz-Thomas, Andreas Lightning NO x influence on large-scale NO y and O 3 plumes observed over the northern mid-latitudes |
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International audience This paper describes the NO y plumes originating from lightning emissions based on 4 yr (2001-2005) of MOZAIC measurements in the upper troposphere of the northern mid-latitudes, together with ground- and space-based observations of lightning flashes and clouds. This analysis is primarily for the North Atlantic region where the MOZAIC flights are the most frequent and for which the measurements are well representative in space and time. The study investigates the influence of lightning NO x (LNO x ) emissions on large-scale (300-2000 km) plumes (LSPs) of NO y . One hundred and twenty seven LSPs (6% of the total MOZAIC NO y dataset) have been attributed to LNO x emissions. Most of these LSPs were recorded over North America and the Atlantic mainly in spring and summer during the maximum lightning activity occurrence. The majority of the LSPs (74%) is related to warm conveyor belts and extra-tropical cyclones originating from North America and entering the intercontinental transport pathway between North America and Europe, leading to a negative (positive) west to east NO y (O 3 ) zonal gradient with -0.4 (+18) ppbv difference during spring and -0.6 (+14) ppbv difference in summer. The NO y zonal gradient can correspond to the mixing of the plume with the background air. On the other hand, the O 3 gradient is associated with both mixing of background air and with photochemical production during transport. Such transatlantic LSPs may have a potential impact on the European pollution. The remaining sampled LSPs are related to mesoscale convection over Western Europe and the Mediterranean Sea (18%) and to tropical convection (8%). |
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Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA) École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP) Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Météo-France |
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Gressent, Alicia Sauvage, Bastien Defer, Eric Pätz, Hans Werner Thomas, Karin Holle, Ronald Cammas, Jean-Pierre Nédélec, Philippe Boulanger, Damien Thouret, Valérie Volz-Thomas, Andreas |
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Gressent, Alicia Sauvage, Bastien Defer, Eric Pätz, Hans Werner Thomas, Karin Holle, Ronald Cammas, Jean-Pierre Nédélec, Philippe Boulanger, Damien Thouret, Valérie Volz-Thomas, Andreas |
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Lightning NO x influence on large-scale NO y and O 3 plumes observed over the northern mid-latitudes |
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Lightning NO x influence on large-scale NO y and O 3 plumes observed over the northern mid-latitudes |
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Lightning NO x influence on large-scale NO y and O 3 plumes observed over the northern mid-latitudes |
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Lightning NO x influence on large-scale NO y and O 3 plumes observed over the northern mid-latitudes |
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Lightning NO x influence on large-scale NO y and O 3 plumes observed over the northern mid-latitudes |
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lightning no x influence on large-scale no y and o 3 plumes observed over the northern mid-latitudes |
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