The contribution of oceanic methyl iodide to stratospheric iodine
The contribution of oceanic methyl iodide to stratospheric iodine
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海洋甲基碘对平流层碘的贡献
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2013
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通讯作者:
F. Ziska
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作者:
S. Tegtmeier;K. Krüger;B. Quack;E. Atlas;D. Blake;H. Boenisch;A. Engel;H. Hepach;R. Hossaini;M. Navarro;S. Raimund;S. Sala;Qiang Shi;F. Ziska
We investigate the contribution of oceanic methyl iodide (CH3I) to the stratospheric iodine budget. Based on CH3I measurements from three tropical ship campaigns and the Lagrangian transport model FLEXPART, we provide a detailed analysis of CH3I transport from the ocean surface to the cold point in the upper tropical tropopause layer (TTL). While average oceanic emissions differ by less than 50 % from campaign to campaign, the measurements show much stronger variations within each campaign. A positive correla- tion between the oceanic CH3I emissions and the efficiency of CH3I troposphere-stratosphere transport has been identi- fied for some cruise sections. The mechanism of strong hor- izontal surface winds triggering large emissions on the one hand and being associated with tropical convective systems, such as developing typhoons, on the other hand, could ex- plain the identified correlations. As a result of the simulta- neous occurrence of large CH3I emissions and strong verti- cal uplift, localized maximum mixing ratios of 0.6 ppt CH3I at the cold point have been determined for observed peak emissions during the SHIVA (Stratospheric Ozone: Halo- gen Impacts in a Varying Atmosphere)-Sonne research vessel campaign in the coastal western Pacific. The other two cam- paigns give considerably smaller maxima of 0.1 ppt CH3I in the open western Pacific and 0.03 ppt in the coastal eastern Atlantic. In order to assess the representativeness of the large local mixing ratios, we use climatological emission scenarios to derive global upper air estimates of CH3I abundances. The model results are compared with available upper air measure- ments, including data from the recent ATTREX and HIPPO2 aircraft campaigns. In the eastern Pacific region, the loca- tion of the available measurement campaigns in the upper TTL, the comparisons give a good agreement, indicating that around 0.01 to 0.02 ppt of CH3I enter the stratosphere. How- ever, other tropical regions that are subject to stronger con- vective activity show larger CH3I entrainment, e.g., 0.08 ppt in the western Pacific. Overall our model results give a trop- ical contribution of 0.04 ppt CH3I to the stratospheric iodine budget. The strong variations in the geographical distribution of CH3I entrainment suggest that currently available upper air measurements are not representative of global estimates and further campaigns will be necessary in order to better understand the CH3I contribution to stratospheric iodine.
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5.2
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Jones, Charlotte E.;Hornsby, Karen E.;Carpenter, Lucy J.
通讯作者:
Carpenter, Lucy J.
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6.3
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Ziska F
通讯作者:
Ziska F