DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018327
论文题名: Hydrocarbons in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere observed from ACE-FTS and comparisons with WACCM
作者: Park M. ; Randel W.J. ; Kinnison D.E. ; Emmons L.K. ; Bernath P.F. ; Walker K.A. ; Boone C.D. ; Livesey N.J.
刊名: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
ISSN: 21698996
出版年: 2013
卷: 118, 期: 4 起始页码: 1964
结束页码: 1980
语种: 英语
英文关键词: ACE-FTS
; CO
; Hydrocarbons
; transport
; UTLS
; WACCM
Scopus关键词: Atmospheric thermodynamics
; Carbon monoxide
; Climate models
; Cobalt
; Hydrocarbons
; Tropics
; Troposphere
; Upper atmosphere
; ACE-FTS
; Atmospheric chemistry experiment
; Brewer-Dobson circulation
; Fourier transform spectrometers
; transport
; UTLS
; WACCM
; Whole atmosphere community climate models
; Atmospheric chemistry
; anticyclone
; atmospheric chemistry
; atmospheric pollution
; biomass burning
; carbon monoxide
; climate modeling
; emission
; hydrocarbon
; Northern Hemisphere
; numerical model
; pollutant source
; satellite data
; satellite imagery
; Southern Hemisphere
; stratosphere
; troposphere
; Asia
英文摘要: Satellite measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) are used to examine the global, seasonal variations of several hydrocarbons, including carbon monoxide (CO), ethane (C2 H6 ), acetylene (C2 H2 ), and hydrogen cyanide (HCN). We focus on quantifying large-scale seasonal behavior from the middle troposphere to the stratosphere, particularly in the tropics, and furthermore make detailed comparisons with the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) chemistry climate model (incorporating tropospheric photochemistry, time-varying hydrocarbon emissions, and meteorological fields nudged from reanalysis). Comparisons with Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) measurements of CO are also included to understand sampling limitations of the ACE-FTS data and biases among observational data sets. Results show similar overall variability for CO, C2 H6, and C2 H 2 , with a semiannual cycle in the tropical upper troposphere related to seasonallyvarying sources and deep tropical convection, plus a maximum during Northern Hemisphere summer tied to the Asian monsoon anticyclone. These species also reveal a strong annual cycle above the tropical tropopause, tied to annual variations in the upward branch of Brewer-Dobson circulation. HCN reveals substantial differences from the other species, due to a longer photochemical lifetime and a chemical sink associated with ocean surface contact, which produces a minimum in the tropical upper troposphere not observed in the other species. For HCN, transport to the stratosphere occurs primarily through the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone. Overall, the WACCM simulation is able to reproduce most of the large-scale features observed in the ACE-FTS data, suggesting a reasonable simulation of sources and large-scale transport. The model is too low in the Southern Hemisphere subtropics during Austral spring, which indicates underestimate of biomass burning emissions and/or insufficient vertical transport in the model. Key PointsClimatology of hydrocarbons in the UTLSComparison of ACE-FTS measurements to the WACCM4 simulationsVariability of CO, C2 H6 , C2 H2 , and HCN in the UTLS © 2012. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. 资助项目: NNX11AE59G
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/63908
Appears in Collections: 影响、适应和脆弱性 气候减缓与适应
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作者单位: National Center for Atmospheric Research, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, United States; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States; Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Park M.,Randel W.J.,Kinnison D.E.,et al. Hydrocarbons in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere observed from ACE-FTS and comparisons with WACCM[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres,2013-01-01,118(4)