Three-dimensional model study of the Arctic ozone loss in 2002/2003 and comparison with 1999/2000 and 2003/2004
2 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
3 Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
4 CAO - Central Aerological Observatory
5 ISAC - CNR Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
6 AWI - Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung = Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research = Institut Alfred-Wegener pour la recherche polaire et marine
7 ARC - NASA Ames Research Center
8 NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory
9 DWD - Deutscher Wetterdienst [Offenbach]
Résumé
In the model runs presented here the model was forced by ECMWF ERA40 and operational analyses. The model used 24 levels extending from the surface to ~55km and a horizontal resolution of either 7.5° x 7.5° or 2.8° x 2.8°. Two different radiation schemes, MIDRAD and the CCM scheme, were used to diagnose the vertical motion in the stratosphere. Based on tracer observations from balloons and aircraft, the more sophisticated CCM scheme gives a better representation of the vertical transport in this model which includes the troposphere. The higher resolution model generally produces larger chemical O3 depletion, which agrees better with observations.
The CTM results show that very early chemical ozone loss occurred in December 2002 due to extremely low temperatures and early chlorine activation in the lower stratosphere. Thus, chemical loss in this winter started earlier than in the other two winters studied here. In 2002/2003 the local polar ozone loss in the lower stratosphere was ~40% before the stratospheric final warming. Larger ozone loss occurred in the cold year 1999/2000 which had a persistently cold and stable vortex during most of the winter. For this winter the current model, at a resolution of 2.8° x 2.8°, can reproduce the observed loss of over 70% locally. In the warm and more disturbed winter 2003/2004 the chemical O3 loss was generally much smaller, except above 620K where large losses occurred due to a period of very low minimum temperatures at these altitudes.
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Three-dimensional model study of the Arctic ozone loss in 2002/2003 and comparison with 1999/2000 and 2003/2004
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Résumé |
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We have used the SLIMCAT 3-D off-line chemical transport model (CTM) to quantify the Arctic chemical ozone loss in the year 2002/2003 and compare it with similar calculations for the winters 1999/2000 and 2003/2004. Recent changes to the CTM have improved the model's ability to reproduce polar chemical and dynamical processes. The updated CTM uses ?-? as a vertical coordinate which allows it to extend down to the surface. The CTM has a detailed stratospheric chemistry scheme and now includes a simple NAT-based denitrification scheme in the stratosphere. <P style="line-height: 20px;"> In the model runs presented here the model was forced by ECMWF ERA40 and operational analyses. The model used 24 levels extending from the surface to ~55km and a horizontal resolution of either 7.5° x 7.5° or 2.8° x 2.8°. Two different radiation schemes, MIDRAD and the CCM scheme, were used to diagnose the vertical motion in the stratosphere. Based on tracer observations from balloons and aircraft, the more sophisticated CCM scheme gives a better representation of the vertical transport in this model which includes the troposphere. The higher resolution model generally produces larger chemical O<sub>3</sub> depletion, which agrees better with observations. <P style="line-height: 20px;"> The CTM results show that very early chemical ozone loss occurred in December 2002 due to extremely low temperatures and early chlorine activation in the lower stratosphere. Thus, chemical loss in this winter started earlier than in the other two winters studied here. In 2002/2003 the local polar ozone loss in the lower stratosphere was ~40% before the stratospheric final warming. Larger ozone loss occurred in the cold year 1999/2000 which had a persistently cold and stable vortex during most of the winter. For this winter the current model, at a resolution of 2.8° x 2.8°, can reproduce the observed loss of over 70% locally. In the warm and more disturbed winter 2003/2004 the chemical O<sub>3</sub> loss was generally much smaller, except above 620K where large losses occurred due to a period of very low minimum temperatures at these altitudes.
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Auteur(s) |
W. Feng
1
, M. P. Chipperfield
1
, S. Davies
1
, B. Sen
2
, G. Toon
2
, J. F. Blavier
2
, C. R. Webster
2
, C. M. Volk
3
, A. Ulanovsky
4
, F. Ravegnani
5
, P. von Der Gathen
6
, H. Jost
7
, E. C. Richard
8
, H. Claude
9
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ICAS -
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science [Leeds]
( 37983 )
- School of Earth and Environment, Leeds. LS2 9JT
- Royaume-Uni
2
JPL -
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
( 61129 )
- 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA
- États-Unis
3
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
( 302435 )
- Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 1 , 60323 Frankfurt am Main
- Allemagne
4
CAO -
Central Aerological Observatory
( 90267 )
- Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, 141700 Russia
- Russie
5
ISAC -
CNR Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
( 79385 )
- Italie
6
AWI -
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung = Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research = Institut Alfred-Wegener pour la recherche polaire et marine
( 313190 )
- Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
- Allemagne
7
ARC -
NASA Ames Research Center
( 81793 )
- Moffett Field, California 94035
- États-Unis
8
NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory
( 192027 )
- 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3328
- États-Unis
9
DWD -
Deutscher Wetterdienst [Offenbach]
( 252743 )
- Frankfurter Str.135, 63067 Offenbach
- Allemagne
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Date de production/écriture |
2005-01-21
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2005-01-21
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Volume |
5
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Numéro |
1
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Page/Identifiant |
139-152
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