Current model capabilities for simulating black carbon and sulfate concentrations in the Arctic atmosphere : a multi-model evaluation using a comprehensive measurement data set
The concentrations of sulfate, black carbon (BC) and other aerosols in the Arctic are characterized by high values in late winter and spring (so-called Arctic Haze) and low values in summer. Models have long been struggling to capture this seasonality and especially the high concentrations associate...
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ftsmhi:oai:DiVA.org:smhi-1955 2024-06-09T07:43:31+00:00 Current model capabilities for simulating black carbon and sulfate concentrations in the Arctic atmosphere : a multi-model evaluation using a comprehensive measurement data set Eckhardt, S. Quennehen, B. Olivie, D. J. L. Berntsen, T. K. Cherian, R. Christensen, J. H. Collins, W. Crepinsek, S. Daskalakis, N. Flanner, M. Herber, A. Heyes, C. Hodnebrog, O. Huang, L. Kanakidou, M. Klimont, Z. Langner, Joakim Law, K. S. Lund, M. T. Mahmood, R. Massling, A. Myriokefalitakis, S. Nielsen, I. E. Nojgaard, J. K. Quaas, J. Quinn, P. K. Raut, J. -C Rumbold, S. T. Schulz, M. Sharma, S. Skeie, R. B. Skov, H. Uttal, T. von Salzen, K. Stohl, A. 2015 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:smhi:diva-1955 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9413-2015 eng eng SMHI, Luftmiljö Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics, 1680-7316, 2015, 15:16, s. 9413-9433 orcid:0000-0002-2757-2864 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:smhi:diva-1955 doi:10.5194/acp-15-9413-2015 ISI:000360646500020 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Environmental Sciences Miljövetenskap Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2015 ftsmhi https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9413-2015 2024-05-16T12:44:27Z The concentrations of sulfate, black carbon (BC) and other aerosols in the Arctic are characterized by high values in late winter and spring (so-called Arctic Haze) and low values in summer. Models have long been struggling to capture this seasonality and especially the high concentrations associated with Arctic Haze. In this study, we evaluate sulfate and BC concentrations from eleven different models driven with the same emission inventory against a comprehensive pan-Arctic measurement data set over a time period of 2 years (2008-2009). The set of models consisted of one Lagrangian particle dispersion model, four chemistry transport models (CTMs), one atmospheric chemistry-weather forecast model and five chemistry climate models (CCMs), of which two were nudged to meteorological analyses and three were running freely. The measurement data set consisted of surface measurements of equivalent BC (eBC) from five stations (Alert, Barrow, Pallas, Tiksi and Zeppelin), elemental carbon (EC) from Station Nord and Alert and aircraft measurements of refractory BC (rBC) from six different campaigns. We find that the models generally captured the measured eBC or rBC and sulfate concentrations quite well, compared to previous comparisons. However, the aerosol seasonality at the surface is still too weak in most models. Concentrations of eBC and sulfate averaged over three surface sites are underestimated in winter/spring in all but one model (model means for January-March underestimated by 59 and 37% for BC and sulfate, respectively), whereas concentrations in summer are overestimated in the model mean (by 88 and 44% for July-September), but with overestimates as well as underestimates present in individual models. The most pronounced eBC underestimates, not included in the above multi-site average, are found for the station Tiksi in Siberia where the measured annual mean eBC concentration is 3 times higher than the average annual mean for all other stations. This suggests an underestimate of BC sources in Russia in the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic black carbon Tiksi Siberia SMHI (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute): Vetenskapliga Publikationer (DiVA) Arctic Station Nord ENVELOPE(-16.663,-16.663,81.599,81.599) Tiksi ENVELOPE(128.867,128.867,71.633,71.633) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 15 16 9413 9433 |
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The concentrations of sulfate, black carbon (BC) and other aerosols in the Arctic are characterized by high values in late winter and spring (so-called Arctic Haze) and low values in summer. Models have long been struggling to capture this seasonality and especially the high concentrations associated with Arctic Haze. In this study, we evaluate sulfate and BC concentrations from eleven different models driven with the same emission inventory against a comprehensive pan-Arctic measurement data set over a time period of 2 years (2008-2009). The set of models consisted of one Lagrangian particle dispersion model, four chemistry transport models (CTMs), one atmospheric chemistry-weather forecast model and five chemistry climate models (CCMs), of which two were nudged to meteorological analyses and three were running freely. The measurement data set consisted of surface measurements of equivalent BC (eBC) from five stations (Alert, Barrow, Pallas, Tiksi and Zeppelin), elemental carbon (EC) from Station Nord and Alert and aircraft measurements of refractory BC (rBC) from six different campaigns. We find that the models generally captured the measured eBC or rBC and sulfate concentrations quite well, compared to previous comparisons. However, the aerosol seasonality at the surface is still too weak in most models. Concentrations of eBC and sulfate averaged over three surface sites are underestimated in winter/spring in all but one model (model means for January-March underestimated by 59 and 37% for BC and sulfate, respectively), whereas concentrations in summer are overestimated in the model mean (by 88 and 44% for July-September), but with overestimates as well as underestimates present in individual models. The most pronounced eBC underestimates, not included in the above multi-site average, are found for the station Tiksi in Siberia where the measured annual mean eBC concentration is 3 times higher than the average annual mean for all other stations. This suggests an underestimate of BC sources in Russia in the ... |
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Eckhardt, S. Quennehen, B. Olivie, D. J. L. Berntsen, T. K. Cherian, R. Christensen, J. H. Collins, W. Crepinsek, S. Daskalakis, N. Flanner, M. Herber, A. Heyes, C. Hodnebrog, O. Huang, L. Kanakidou, M. Klimont, Z. Langner, Joakim Law, K. S. Lund, M. T. Mahmood, R. Massling, A. Myriokefalitakis, S. Nielsen, I. E. Nojgaard, J. K. Quaas, J. Quinn, P. K. Raut, J. -C Rumbold, S. T. Schulz, M. Sharma, S. Skeie, R. B. Skov, H. Uttal, T. von Salzen, K. Stohl, A. |
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Eckhardt, S. Quennehen, B. Olivie, D. J. L. Berntsen, T. K. Cherian, R. Christensen, J. H. Collins, W. Crepinsek, S. Daskalakis, N. Flanner, M. Herber, A. Heyes, C. Hodnebrog, O. Huang, L. Kanakidou, M. Klimont, Z. Langner, Joakim Law, K. S. Lund, M. T. Mahmood, R. Massling, A. Myriokefalitakis, S. Nielsen, I. E. Nojgaard, J. K. Quaas, J. Quinn, P. K. Raut, J. -C Rumbold, S. T. Schulz, M. Sharma, S. Skeie, R. B. Skov, H. Uttal, T. von Salzen, K. Stohl, A. |
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Current model capabilities for simulating black carbon and sulfate concentrations in the Arctic atmosphere : a multi-model evaluation using a comprehensive measurement data set |
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Current model capabilities for simulating black carbon and sulfate concentrations in the Arctic atmosphere : a multi-model evaluation using a comprehensive measurement data set |
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Current model capabilities for simulating black carbon and sulfate concentrations in the Arctic atmosphere : a multi-model evaluation using a comprehensive measurement data set |
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Current model capabilities for simulating black carbon and sulfate concentrations in the Arctic atmosphere : a multi-model evaluation using a comprehensive measurement data set |
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Current model capabilities for simulating black carbon and sulfate concentrations in the Arctic atmosphere : a multi-model evaluation using a comprehensive measurement data set |
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current model capabilities for simulating black carbon and sulfate concentrations in the arctic atmosphere : a multi-model evaluation using a comprehensive measurement data set |
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