Study on the Sensitivity of Summer Ozone Density to the Enhanced Aerosol Loading over the Tibetan Plateau
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Introduction of Data and the Model
2.1. Satellite Data
2.2. Model Description
2.3. Aerosol and Heterogeneous Chemical Reactions
3. Simulation and Result
3.1. Simulation Test
3.2. Influence of Temperature and Pressure
3.3. The Influence of Aerosols
4. Summary and Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chemical Reaction | Sulfuric Acid Droplets (gam) | Solid Sulfuric Acid Salt (Stkcf) | OC (Stkcf) | BC (Stkcf) | Sea Salt (Stkcf) | Mineral Dust (Stkcf) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NO2 + 0.5 × H2O→0.5 HNO3 + 0.5 HNO2 | 1× 10−4 | 1 × 10−4 | 1 × 10−4 | 1 × 10−4 | 1 × 10−4 | 1 × 10−4 |
NO3 + H2O→HNO3 + OH | 1× 10−1 | 1 × 10−1 | 1 × 10−1 | 1 × 10−1 | 1 × 10−1 | 1 × 10−1 |
N2O5 + H2O→2 HNO3 | f(p, t) | 4 × 10−3 | 2.6 × 10−4 | 5 × 10−3 | 5 × 10−3 | 1 × 10−2 |
HOCl + HCl→Cl2 + H2O | f(p, t) | 8 × 10−1 | ||||
HOCl + HBr→BrCl + H2O | 8 × 10−1 | |||||
ClONO2 + H2O→HOCl + HNO3 | f(p, t) | 1 × 10−4 | ||||
ClONO2 + HCl→Cl2 + HNO3 | f(p, t) | 1 × 10−5 | ||||
HOBr + HCl→BrCl + H2O | f(p, t) | 8 × 10−1 | ||||
HOBr + HBr→Br2 + H2O | 2 × 10−1 | 2 × 10−1 | ||||
BrONO2 + H2O→HOBr + HNO3 | f(p, t) | 8 × 10−1 | 3 × 10−1 | |||
BrONO2 + HCl→BrCl + HNO3 | 9 × 10−1 | 9 × 10−1 |
Parameter | Value | Parameter | Value |
---|---|---|---|
SNOx | 15 cm−3 s−1 | DHNO3 | 0.55 × 10−8 s−1 |
SClOx | 55 cm−3 s−1 | DHCl | 0.40 × 10−7 s−1 |
SBrOx | 13 cm−3 s−1 | DHBr | 0.50 × 10−7 s−1 |
SCH4 | 2000 cm−3 s−1 | DCO2 | 0.40 × 10−7 s−1 |
O3 | HOX | NOX | ClOX | BrOX | HNO3 | ClONO2 | BrONO2 | CH4 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) | 2.55 × 1012 | 7.43 × 106 | 2.66 × 109 | 1.57 × 106 | — | 9.08 × 109 | 9.3 × 107 | — | 4.29 × 1012 |
(2) | 3.48 × 1012 | 1.87 × 106 | 2.76 × 109 | 1.25 × 106 | — | 2.21 × 1010 | 9.01 × 107 | — | 3.02 × 1012 |
(3) | 2.96 × 1012 | 6.15 × 106 | 5.83 × 108 | 1.48 × 107 | 4.27 × 107 | 4.49 × 109 | 2.12 × 108 | 5.93 × 106 | 4.30 × 1012 |
(4) | 2.32 × 1012 | 3.24 × 106 | 8.09 × 108 | 2.46 × 107 | 2.90 × 107 | 3.91 × 109 | 1.48 × 108 | 1.33 × 107 | 2.43 × 1012 |
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Yan, J.; Wang, G.; Yang, P. Study on the Sensitivity of Summer Ozone Density to the Enhanced Aerosol Loading over the Tibetan Plateau. Atmosphere 2020, 11, 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11020138
Yan J, Wang G, Yang P. Study on the Sensitivity of Summer Ozone Density to the Enhanced Aerosol Loading over the Tibetan Plateau. Atmosphere. 2020; 11(2):138. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11020138
Chicago/Turabian StyleYan, Jianjun, Geli Wang, and Peicai Yang. 2020. "Study on the Sensitivity of Summer Ozone Density to the Enhanced Aerosol Loading over the Tibetan Plateau" Atmosphere 11, no. 2: 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11020138