Investigating processes affecting wintertime air pollution variability and estimating contributions of power plant emissions relative to the surface in the stratified Arctic boundary layer
International audience The Arctic is warming rapidly compared to the global average. As Arctic warming continues, urbanisation and industrial activities are predicted to increase, along with complex climate and ecosystem feedbacks. Therefore, local sources of air pollutants are expected to play an i...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Other Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Conference Object |
Language: | English |
Published: |
HAL CCSD
2024
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315/document https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315/file/EGU24-15899-print.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15899 |
id |
ftmeteofrance:oai:HAL:insu-04508315v1 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Météo-France: HAL |
op_collection_id |
ftmeteofrance |
language |
English |
topic |
[SDE]Environmental Sciences |
spellingShingle |
[SDE]Environmental Sciences Brett, Natalie Law, Kathy S. Arnold, Stephen Barrett, Brice Dieudonné, Elsa Fochesatto, Gilberto Raut, Jean-Christophe Onishi, Tatsuo Pohorsky, Roman Baccarini, Andrea Schmale, Julia Savarino, Joël Albertin, Sarah Bekki, Slimane d'Anna, Barbara Temime-Roussel, Brice Simpson, William Cesler-Maloney, Meeta Decesari, Stefano Donateo, Antonio Investigating processes affecting wintertime air pollution variability and estimating contributions of power plant emissions relative to the surface in the stratified Arctic boundary layer |
topic_facet |
[SDE]Environmental Sciences |
description |
International audience The Arctic is warming rapidly compared to the global average. As Arctic warming continues, urbanisation and industrial activities are predicted to increase, along with complex climate and ecosystem feedbacks. Therefore, local sources of air pollutants are expected to play an increasingly significant role in Arctic environmental changes in the coming years. Poor air quality is already a growing public health issue in Arctic and sub-Arctic cities. During wintertime, stable meteorological conditions and the persistence of strong surface-based temperature inversions suppress the dispersion of pollutants, which accumulate due to enhanced emissions linked to high energy demands. Fairbanks, in central Alaska, is an example of a sub-Arctic city that suffers from acute wintertime pollution episodes. The city’s topography (situated in a basin), strong stratification of the Arctic boundary layer (ABL), and high emissions, primarily from domestic heating at the surface, and power plant stacks aloft, are known to contribute to the problem. However, interactions between vertical stratification of the ABL and dispersal of pollutants from surface and elevated sources are poorly quantified due to a lack of observations and complexities of the ABL structure and dynamics. To address these uncertainties, comprehensive atmospheric composition and meteorological measurements were collected at the surface, and vertical profiles were obtained using a tethered balloon during the international ALPACA (Alaskan Layered Pollution and Chemical Analysis) field campaign in January and February 2022.Here, we explore the contribution of power plants and surface emission sources to pollution concentrations in the Fairbanks region. We use the FLEXPART-Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Lagrangian particle dispersion model, driven by meteorological fields from US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WRF simulations including data assimilation of meteorological observations, to simulate the evolution of selected ... |
author2 |
STRATO - LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science Leeds (ICAS) School of Earth and Environment Leeds (SEE) University of Leeds-University of Leeds TROPO - LATMOS 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) Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère (LPCA) Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO) Geophysical Institute Fairbanks University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Extreme Environments Research Laboratory (EERL) Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts (LAPI) Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ) Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) Laboratoire Chimie de l'environnement (LCE) Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Chimie - CNRS Chimie (INC-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) CNR Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) National Research Council of Italy |
format |
Conference Object |
author |
Brett, Natalie Law, Kathy S. Arnold, Stephen Barrett, Brice Dieudonné, Elsa Fochesatto, Gilberto Raut, Jean-Christophe Onishi, Tatsuo Pohorsky, Roman Baccarini, Andrea Schmale, Julia Savarino, Joël Albertin, Sarah Bekki, Slimane d'Anna, Barbara Temime-Roussel, Brice Simpson, William Cesler-Maloney, Meeta Decesari, Stefano Donateo, Antonio |
author_facet |
Brett, Natalie Law, Kathy S. Arnold, Stephen Barrett, Brice Dieudonné, Elsa Fochesatto, Gilberto Raut, Jean-Christophe Onishi, Tatsuo Pohorsky, Roman Baccarini, Andrea Schmale, Julia Savarino, Joël Albertin, Sarah Bekki, Slimane d'Anna, Barbara Temime-Roussel, Brice Simpson, William Cesler-Maloney, Meeta Decesari, Stefano Donateo, Antonio |
author_sort |
Brett, Natalie |
title |
Investigating processes affecting wintertime air pollution variability and estimating contributions of power plant emissions relative to the surface in the stratified Arctic boundary layer |
title_short |
Investigating processes affecting wintertime air pollution variability and estimating contributions of power plant emissions relative to the surface in the stratified Arctic boundary layer |
title_full |
Investigating processes affecting wintertime air pollution variability and estimating contributions of power plant emissions relative to the surface in the stratified Arctic boundary layer |
title_fullStr |
Investigating processes affecting wintertime air pollution variability and estimating contributions of power plant emissions relative to the surface in the stratified Arctic boundary layer |
title_full_unstemmed |
Investigating processes affecting wintertime air pollution variability and estimating contributions of power plant emissions relative to the surface in the stratified Arctic boundary layer |
title_sort |
investigating processes affecting wintertime air pollution variability and estimating contributions of power plant emissions relative to the surface in the stratified arctic boundary layer |
publisher |
HAL CCSD |
publishDate |
2024 |
url |
https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315/document https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315/file/EGU24-15899-print.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15899 |
op_coverage |
Vienna, Austria |
geographic |
Arctic Fairbanks |
geographic_facet |
Arctic Fairbanks |
genre |
Arctic Alaska |
genre_facet |
Arctic Alaska |
op_source |
EGU General Assembly 2024 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315 EGU General Assembly 2024, Apr 2024, Vienna, Austria. pp.EGU24-15899, ⟨10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15899⟩ |
op_relation |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15899 insu-04508315 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315/document https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315/file/EGU24-15899-print.pdf doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15899 |
op_rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15899 |
_version_ |
1802639538247434240 |
spelling |
ftmeteofrance:oai:HAL:insu-04508315v1 2024-06-23T07:49:14+00:00 Investigating processes affecting wintertime air pollution variability and estimating contributions of power plant emissions relative to the surface in the stratified Arctic boundary layer Brett, Natalie Law, Kathy S. Arnold, Stephen Barrett, Brice Dieudonné, Elsa Fochesatto, Gilberto Raut, Jean-Christophe Onishi, Tatsuo Pohorsky, Roman Baccarini, Andrea Schmale, Julia Savarino, Joël Albertin, Sarah Bekki, Slimane d'Anna, Barbara Temime-Roussel, Brice Simpson, William Cesler-Maloney, Meeta Decesari, Stefano Donateo, Antonio STRATO - LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science Leeds (ICAS) School of Earth and Environment Leeds (SEE) University of Leeds-University of Leeds TROPO - LATMOS 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) Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère (LPCA) Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO) Geophysical Institute Fairbanks University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Extreme Environments Research Laboratory (EERL) Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts (LAPI) Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ) Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) Laboratoire Chimie de l'environnement (LCE) Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Chimie - CNRS Chimie (INC-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) CNR Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) National Research Council of Italy Vienna, Austria 2024-04-14 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315/document https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315/file/EGU24-15899-print.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15899 en eng HAL CCSD info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15899 insu-04508315 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315/document https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315/file/EGU24-15899-print.pdf doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15899 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess EGU General Assembly 2024 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04508315 EGU General Assembly 2024, Apr 2024, Vienna, Austria. pp.EGU24-15899, ⟨10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15899⟩ [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference papers 2024 ftmeteofrance https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15899 2024-06-03T23:55:14Z International audience The Arctic is warming rapidly compared to the global average. As Arctic warming continues, urbanisation and industrial activities are predicted to increase, along with complex climate and ecosystem feedbacks. Therefore, local sources of air pollutants are expected to play an increasingly significant role in Arctic environmental changes in the coming years. Poor air quality is already a growing public health issue in Arctic and sub-Arctic cities. During wintertime, stable meteorological conditions and the persistence of strong surface-based temperature inversions suppress the dispersion of pollutants, which accumulate due to enhanced emissions linked to high energy demands. Fairbanks, in central Alaska, is an example of a sub-Arctic city that suffers from acute wintertime pollution episodes. The city’s topography (situated in a basin), strong stratification of the Arctic boundary layer (ABL), and high emissions, primarily from domestic heating at the surface, and power plant stacks aloft, are known to contribute to the problem. However, interactions between vertical stratification of the ABL and dispersal of pollutants from surface and elevated sources are poorly quantified due to a lack of observations and complexities of the ABL structure and dynamics. To address these uncertainties, comprehensive atmospheric composition and meteorological measurements were collected at the surface, and vertical profiles were obtained using a tethered balloon during the international ALPACA (Alaskan Layered Pollution and Chemical Analysis) field campaign in January and February 2022.Here, we explore the contribution of power plants and surface emission sources to pollution concentrations in the Fairbanks region. We use the FLEXPART-Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Lagrangian particle dispersion model, driven by meteorological fields from US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WRF simulations including data assimilation of meteorological observations, to simulate the evolution of selected ... Conference Object Arctic Alaska Météo-France: HAL Arctic Fairbanks |