D-region ion–neutral coupled chemistry (Sodankylä Ion Chemistry, SIC) within the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM 4) – WACCM-SIC and WACCM-rSIC
This study presents a new ion-neutral chemical model coupled into the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM). The ionospheric D region (altitudes ~ 50–90 km) chemistry is based on the Sodankylä Ion and Neutral Chemistry (SIC) model, a 1-dimensional model containing 306 ion-neutral and ionr...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:513647 2023-05-15T18:20:16+02:00 D-region ion–neutral coupled chemistry (Sodankylä Ion Chemistry, SIC) within the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM 4) – WACCM-SIC and WACCM-rSIC Kovács, Tamás Plane, John M. C. Feng, Wuhu Nagy, Tibor Chipperfield, Martyn P. Verronen, Pekka T. Andersson, Monika E. Newnham, David A. Clilverd, Mark A. Marsh, Daniel R. 2016-09-12 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513647/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513647/1/Kovacs.pdf http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/9/3123/2016/gmd-9-3123-2016-metrics.html en eng European Geosciences Union https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513647/1/Kovacs.pdf Kovács, Tamás; Plane, John M. C.; Feng, Wuhu; Nagy, Tibor; Chipperfield, Martyn P.; Verronen, Pekka T.; Andersson, Monika E.; Newnham, David A. orcid:0000-0001-8422-1289 Clilverd, Mark A. orcid:0000-0002-7388-1529 Marsh, Daniel R. 2016 D-region ion–neutral coupled chemistry (Sodankylä Ion Chemistry, SIC) within the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM 4) – WACCM-SIC and WACCM-rSIC. Geoscientific Model Development, 9 (9). 3123-3136. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3123-2016 <https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3123-2016> cc_by CC-BY Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2016 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3123-2016 2023-02-04T19:43:02Z This study presents a new ion-neutral chemical model coupled into the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM). The ionospheric D region (altitudes ~ 50–90 km) chemistry is based on the Sodankylä Ion and Neutral Chemistry (SIC) model, a 1-dimensional model containing 306 ion-neutral and ionrecombination reactions of neutral species, positive and negative ions, and electrons. The SIC mechanism was reduced using the Simulation Error Minimization Connectivity Method (SEM-CM) to produce a reaction scheme of 181 ion-molecule reactions. This scheme describes the concentration profiles at altitudes between 20 km and 120 km of a set of major neutral species (HNO3, O3, H2O2, NO, NO2, HO2, OH, N2O5) and ions (O2+, O4+, NO+, NO+(H2O), O2+(H2O), H+(H2O), H+(H2O)2, H+(H2O)3, H+(H2O)4, O3−, NO2−, O−, O2, OH−, O2−(H2O), O2−(H2O)2, O4−, CO3−, CO3−(H2O), CO4−, HCO3−, NO2−, NO3−, NO3−(H2O), NO3(H2O)2, NO3−(HNO3), NO3−(HNO3)2, Cl−, ClO−), which agree with the full SIC mechanism within a 5 % tolerance. Four 3D model simulations were then performed, using the impact of the January 2005 Solar Proton Event (SPE) on D region HOx and NOx chemistry as a test case of four different model versions: the standard WACCM (no negative ions and a very limited set of positive ions); WACCM-SIC (standard WACCM with the full SIC chemistry of positive and negative ions); WACCM-D (standard WACCM with a heuristic reduction of the SIC chemistry, recently used to examine HNO3 formation following an SPE); and WACCM-rSIC (standard WACCM with a reduction of SIC chemistry using the SEM-CM Method). Standard WACCM misses the HNO3 enhancement during the SPE, while the full and reduced model versions predict significant NOx, HOx and HNO3 enhancements in the mesosphere during solar proton events. The SEM-CM reduction also identifies the important ion-molecule reactions that affect the partitioning of odd nitrogen (NOx), odd hydrogen (HOx), and O3 in the stratosphere and mesosphere. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sodankylä Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Sodankylä ENVELOPE(26.600,26.600,67.417,67.417) Geoscientific Model Development 9 9 3123 3136 |
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This study presents a new ion-neutral chemical model coupled into the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM). The ionospheric D region (altitudes ~ 50–90 km) chemistry is based on the Sodankylä Ion and Neutral Chemistry (SIC) model, a 1-dimensional model containing 306 ion-neutral and ionrecombination reactions of neutral species, positive and negative ions, and electrons. The SIC mechanism was reduced using the Simulation Error Minimization Connectivity Method (SEM-CM) to produce a reaction scheme of 181 ion-molecule reactions. This scheme describes the concentration profiles at altitudes between 20 km and 120 km of a set of major neutral species (HNO3, O3, H2O2, NO, NO2, HO2, OH, N2O5) and ions (O2+, O4+, NO+, NO+(H2O), O2+(H2O), H+(H2O), H+(H2O)2, H+(H2O)3, H+(H2O)4, O3−, NO2−, O−, O2, OH−, O2−(H2O), O2−(H2O)2, O4−, CO3−, CO3−(H2O), CO4−, HCO3−, NO2−, NO3−, NO3−(H2O), NO3(H2O)2, NO3−(HNO3), NO3−(HNO3)2, Cl−, ClO−), which agree with the full SIC mechanism within a 5 % tolerance. Four 3D model simulations were then performed, using the impact of the January 2005 Solar Proton Event (SPE) on D region HOx and NOx chemistry as a test case of four different model versions: the standard WACCM (no negative ions and a very limited set of positive ions); WACCM-SIC (standard WACCM with the full SIC chemistry of positive and negative ions); WACCM-D (standard WACCM with a heuristic reduction of the SIC chemistry, recently used to examine HNO3 formation following an SPE); and WACCM-rSIC (standard WACCM with a reduction of SIC chemistry using the SEM-CM Method). Standard WACCM misses the HNO3 enhancement during the SPE, while the full and reduced model versions predict significant NOx, HOx and HNO3 enhancements in the mesosphere during solar proton events. The SEM-CM reduction also identifies the important ion-molecule reactions that affect the partitioning of odd nitrogen (NOx), odd hydrogen (HOx), and O3 in the stratosphere and mesosphere. |
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Kovács, Tamás Plane, John M. C. Feng, Wuhu Nagy, Tibor Chipperfield, Martyn P. Verronen, Pekka T. Andersson, Monika E. Newnham, David A. Clilverd, Mark A. Marsh, Daniel R. |
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Kovács, Tamás Plane, John M. C. Feng, Wuhu Nagy, Tibor Chipperfield, Martyn P. Verronen, Pekka T. Andersson, Monika E. Newnham, David A. Clilverd, Mark A. Marsh, Daniel R. D-region ion–neutral coupled chemistry (Sodankylä Ion Chemistry, SIC) within the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM 4) – WACCM-SIC and WACCM-rSIC |
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Kovács, Tamás Plane, John M. C. Feng, Wuhu Nagy, Tibor Chipperfield, Martyn P. Verronen, Pekka T. Andersson, Monika E. Newnham, David A. Clilverd, Mark A. Marsh, Daniel R. |
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D-region ion–neutral coupled chemistry (Sodankylä Ion Chemistry, SIC) within the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM 4) – WACCM-SIC and WACCM-rSIC |
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D-region ion–neutral coupled chemistry (Sodankylä Ion Chemistry, SIC) within the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM 4) – WACCM-SIC and WACCM-rSIC |
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D-region ion–neutral coupled chemistry (Sodankylä Ion Chemistry, SIC) within the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM 4) – WACCM-SIC and WACCM-rSIC |
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D-region ion–neutral coupled chemistry (Sodankylä Ion Chemistry, SIC) within the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM 4) – WACCM-SIC and WACCM-rSIC |
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D-region ion–neutral coupled chemistry (Sodankylä Ion Chemistry, SIC) within the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM 4) – WACCM-SIC and WACCM-rSIC |
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d-region ion–neutral coupled chemistry (sodankylä ion chemistry, sic) within the whole atmosphere community climate model (waccm 4) – waccm-sic and waccm-rsic |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513647/1/Kovacs.pdf Kovács, Tamás; Plane, John M. C.; Feng, Wuhu; Nagy, Tibor; Chipperfield, Martyn P.; Verronen, Pekka T.; Andersson, Monika E.; Newnham, David A. orcid:0000-0001-8422-1289 Clilverd, Mark A. orcid:0000-0002-7388-1529 Marsh, Daniel R. 2016 D-region ion–neutral coupled chemistry (Sodankylä Ion Chemistry, SIC) within the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM 4) – WACCM-SIC and WACCM-rSIC. Geoscientific Model Development, 9 (9). 3123-3136. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3123-2016 <https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3123-2016> |
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