Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003georl..30e..27e&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 5, pp. 27-1, CiteID 1223, DOI 10.1029/2002GL016470
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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Chemical Kinetic And Photochemical Properties
Scientific paper
We use a 3D model to assess the impact of the recently reported near-IR (NIR) photolysis of HO2NO2 on global stratospheric chemistry. Including this process in the model leads to a significant reduction in HO2NO2 for all latitudes and seasons. The effect is larger at high latitudes with the maximum reduction (>95% near 20 km) in winter. While the basic model strongly overestimates the MIPAS balloon observations of HO2NO2 at mid-high latitudes, this discrepancy is largely removed by including the NIR photolysis. In high latitude winter below 25 km the model still overestimates HO2NO2 but this may be due to remaining uncertainties in HO2NO2 formation/loss rates and modelled NO2. The NIR photolysis increases model HOx (OH + HO2). At high latitudes around 18 km HOx increases by over 30% all-year-round, with much larger enhancements (>70%) near the terminator. However, there is a corresponding NOx (NO + NO2) decrease of ~10% in high latitude summer. Consequently, at this altitude O3 decreases by only 1-2%.
Chipperfield Martyn P.
Evans Tyler J.
Oelhaf Hermann
Stowasser Markus
Wetzel Gerald
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