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DOI	10.5194/acp-21-8195-2021
	Central role of nitric oxide in ozone production in the upper tropical troposphere over the Atlantic Ocean and western Africa
	Tadic I.; Nussbaumer C.M.; Bohn B.; Harder H.; Marno D.; Martinez M.; Obersteiner F.; Parchatka U.; Pozzer A.; Rohloff R.; Zöger M.; Lelieveld J.; Fischer H.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	1680-7316
起始页码	8195
结束页码	8211
卷号	21 期号:10
英文摘要	Mechanisms of tropospheric ozone (O3) formation are generally well understood. However, studies reporting on net ozone production rates (NOPRs) directly derived from in situ observations are challenging and are sparse in number. To analyze the role of nitric oxide (NO) in net ozone production in the upper tropical troposphere above the Atlantic Ocean and western Africa, we present in situ trace gas observations obtained during the CAFE-Africa (Chemistry of the Atmosphere: Field Experiment in Africa) campaign in August and September 2018. The vertical profile of in situ measured NO along the flight tracks reveals lowest NO mixing ratios of less than 20 pptv between 2 and 8 km altitude and highest mixing ratios of 0.15 0.2 ppbv above 12 km altitude. Spatial distribution of tropospheric NO above 12 km altitude shows that the sporadically enhanced local mixing ratios (0:4 ppbv) occur over western Africa, which we attribute to episodic lightning events. Measured O3 shows little variability in mixing ratios at 60 70 ppbv, with slightly decreasing and increasing tendencies towards the boundary layer and stratosphere, respectively. Concurrent measurements of CO, CH4, OH, HO2 and H2O enable calculations of NOPRs along the flight tracks and reveal net ozone destruction at 0:6 to 0:2 ppbvh1 below 6 km altitude and balance of production and destruction around 7 8 km altitude. We report vertical average NOPRs of 0.2 0.4 ppbvh1 above 12 km altitude with NOPRs occasionally larger than 0.5 ppbvh1 over western Africa coincident with enhanced NO. We compare the observational results to simulated data retrieved from the general circulation model ECHAM/MESSy Atmospheric Chemistry (EMAC). Although the comparison of mean vertical profiles of NO and O3 indicates good agreement, local deviations between measured and modeled NO are substantial. The vertical tendencies in NOPRs calculated from simulated data largely reproduce those from in situ experimental data. However, the simulation results do not agree well with NOPRs over western Africa. Both measurements and simulations indicate that ozone formation in the upper tropical troposphere is NOx limited. © 2021 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	comparative study; in situ measurement; mixing ratio; nitric oxide; ozone; spatial distribution; trace gas; tropical environment; troposphere; vertical profile; Africa; Atlantic Ocean
来源期刊	ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/246856
作者单位	Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany; Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; Earth System Physics Section, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; Flight Experiments, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Climate and Atmosphere Research Center, Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tadic I.,Nussbaumer C.M.,Bohn B.,et al. Central role of nitric oxide in ozone production in the upper tropical troposphere over the Atlantic Ocean and western Africa[J],2021,21(10).
APA	Tadic I..,Nussbaumer C.M..,Bohn B..,Harder H..,Marno D..,...&Fischer H..(2021).Central role of nitric oxide in ozone production in the upper tropical troposphere over the Atlantic Ocean and western Africa.ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,21(10).
MLA	Tadic I.,et al."Central role of nitric oxide in ozone production in the upper tropical troposphere over the Atlantic Ocean and western Africa".ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 21.10(2021).