Cloud-resolved Chemistry Simulations of Selected DC3 Thunderstorms

深对流云和化学 (DC3) 实地活动是 2012 年（5 月至 6 月）进行的一项实验，旨在研究中纬度深部大陆对流系统的影响，包括其动力、物理和闪电产生过程，以及对对流层上层 (UT) 成分和化学的区域影响。 该活动包括在科罗拉多州、俄克拉荷马州和阿拉巴马州进行地面观测，以及从 NSF/NCAR Gulfstream V (GV) 和 NASA DC-8 研究飞机观测到的对流风暴流出和流入的现场和遥感采样。该提案寻求对 DC3 项目中观察到的特定风暴相关的化学成分进行进一步分析和建模。重点工作包括使用 DC3 观测来改进闪电频率的模型表示，以及闪电产生的氮氧化物 (LNOx) 产量的水平和垂直放置，以及 LNOx 产量大小的估计。此外，还将在模型中研究这些风暴中污染物从边界层到对流层上层的对流传输，以及平流层臭氧的向下（侵入）传输。

The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) field campaign was a (May-Jun) 2012 experiment to study the impact of deep, mid-latitude continental convective systems, including their dynamical, physical, and lightning production processes, along with the regional consequences for upper tropospheric (UT) composition and chemistry. The campaign consisted of ground-based observations in Colorado, Oklahoma, and Alabama, as well as in situ and remotely sensed sampling of the outflow and inflow of the convective storms observed from the NSF/NCAR Gulfstream V (GV) and NASA DC-8 research aircraft. This proposal seeks further analysis and modeling of the chemistry associated with specific storms observed in the DC3 project. Focused efforts include use of the DC3 observations to improve model representation of lightning flash rates along with the horizontal and vertical placement of lightning produced nitrogen oxide (LNOx) production, as well as the estimation of the magnitude of LNOx production. In addition, the convective transport of pollutants from the boundary layer to the upper troposphere in these storms will be investigated in models, as well as downward (intrusion)transport of stratospheric ozone.