Spaceborne Observations of Lightning NO2 in the Arctic
The Arctic region is experiencing notable warming as well as more lightning. Lightning is the dominant source of upper tropospheric nitrogen oxides (NOx), which are precursors for ozone and hydroxyl radicals. In this study, we combine the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) observations from the TROPOspheric Mon...
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ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/611775 2024-04-28T08:04:01+00:00 Spaceborne Observations of Lightning NO2 in the Arctic Zhang, Xin van der A, Ronald Ding, Jieying Eskes, Henk van Geffen, Jos Yin, Yan Anema, Juliëtte Vagasky, Chris L. Lapierre, Jeff Kuang, Xiang 2023 application/pdf https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/spaceborne-observations-of-lightning-nosub2sub-in-the-arctic https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c07988 en eng https://edepot.wur.nl/588964 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/spaceborne-observations-of-lightning-nosub2sub-in-the-arctic doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c07988 Wageningen University & Research Environmental Science and Technology 57 (2023) 6 ISSN: 0013-936X Arctic TROPOMI lightning nitrogen dioxide satellite measurements Article/Letter to editor 2023 ftunivwagenin https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c07988 2024-04-03T14:41:12Z The Arctic region is experiencing notable warming as well as more lightning. Lightning is the dominant source of upper tropospheric nitrogen oxides (NOx), which are precursors for ozone and hydroxyl radicals. In this study, we combine the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) observations from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) with Vaisala Global Lightning Dataset 360 to evaluate lightning NO2 (LNO2) production in the Arctic. By analyzing consecutive TROPOMI NO2 observations, we determine the lifetime and production efficiency of LNO2 during the summers of 2019-2021. Our results show that the LNO2 production efficiency over the ocean is ∼6 times higher than over continental regions. Additionally, we find that a higher LNO2 production efficiency is often correlated with lower lightning rates. The summertime lightning NOx emission in the Arctic (north of 70° N) is estimated to be 219 ± 116 Mg of N, which is equal to 5% of anthropogenic NOx emissions. However, for the span of a few hours, the Arctic LNO2 density can even be comparable to anthropogenic NO2 emissions in the region. These new findings suggest that LNO2 can play an important role in the upper-troposphere/lower-stratosphere atmospheric chemical processes in the Arctic, particularly during the summer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library Environmental Science & Technology 57 6 2322 2332 |
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The Arctic region is experiencing notable warming as well as more lightning. Lightning is the dominant source of upper tropospheric nitrogen oxides (NOx), which are precursors for ozone and hydroxyl radicals. In this study, we combine the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) observations from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) with Vaisala Global Lightning Dataset 360 to evaluate lightning NO2 (LNO2) production in the Arctic. By analyzing consecutive TROPOMI NO2 observations, we determine the lifetime and production efficiency of LNO2 during the summers of 2019-2021. Our results show that the LNO2 production efficiency over the ocean is ∼6 times higher than over continental regions. Additionally, we find that a higher LNO2 production efficiency is often correlated with lower lightning rates. The summertime lightning NOx emission in the Arctic (north of 70° N) is estimated to be 219 ± 116 Mg of N, which is equal to 5% of anthropogenic NOx emissions. However, for the span of a few hours, the Arctic LNO2 density can even be comparable to anthropogenic NO2 emissions in the region. These new findings suggest that LNO2 can play an important role in the upper-troposphere/lower-stratosphere atmospheric chemical processes in the Arctic, particularly during the summer. |
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Spaceborne Observations of Lightning NO2 in the Arctic |
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