Regional-Scale Ozone Deposition to North-East Atlantic Waters
A regional climate model is used to evaluate dry deposition of ozone over the North East Atlantic. Results are presented for a deposition scheme accounting for turbulent and chemical enhancement of oceanic ozone deposition and a second non-chemical, parameterised gaseous dry deposition scheme. The...
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| description | A regional climate model is used to evaluate dry deposition of ozone over the North East Atlantic. Results are presented for a deposition scheme accounting for turbulent and chemical enhancement of oceanic ozone deposition and a second non-chemical, parameterised gaseous dry deposition scheme. The first deposition scheme was constrained to account for sea-surface ozone-iodide reactions and the sensitivity of modelled ozone concentrations to oceanic iodide concentration was investigated. Simulations were also performed using nominal reaction rate derived from in-situ ozone deposition measurements and using a preliminary representation of organic chemistry. Results show insensitivity of ambient ozone concentrations modelled by the chemical-enhanced scheme to oceanic iodide concentrations, and iodide reactions alone cannot account for observed deposition velocities. Consequently, we suggest a missing chemical sink due to reactions of ozone with organic matter at the air-sea interface. Ozone loss rates are estimated to be in the range of 0.5–6 ppb per day. A potentially significant ozone-driven flux of iodine to the atmosphere is estimated to be in the range of 2.5–500 M molec cm−2 s−1, leading to a mixing-layer enhancement of organo-iodine concentrations of 0.1–22.0 ppt, with an average increase in the N.E. Atlantic of around 4 ppt per day. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2d96a293c53b4833ac9992d5357975632025-02-03T01:03:32ZengWileyAdvances in Meteorology1687-93091687-93172010-01-01201010.1155/2010/243701243701Regional-Scale Ozone Deposition to North-East Atlantic WatersL. Coleman0S. Varghese1O. P. Tripathi2S. G. Jennings3C. D. O'Dowd4School of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, IrelandSchool of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, IrelandSchool of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, IrelandSchool of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, IrelandSchool of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, IrelandA regional climate model is used to evaluate dry deposition of ozone over the North East Atlantic. Results are presented for a deposition scheme accounting for turbulent and chemical enhancement of oceanic ozone deposition and a second non-chemical, parameterised gaseous dry deposition scheme. The first deposition scheme was constrained to account for sea-surface ozone-iodide reactions and the sensitivity of modelled ozone concentrations to oceanic iodide concentration was investigated. Simulations were also performed using nominal reaction rate derived from in-situ ozone deposition measurements and using a preliminary representation of organic chemistry. Results show insensitivity of ambient ozone concentrations modelled by the chemical-enhanced scheme to oceanic iodide concentrations, and iodide reactions alone cannot account for observed deposition velocities. Consequently, we suggest a missing chemical sink due to reactions of ozone with organic matter at the air-sea interface. Ozone loss rates are estimated to be in the range of 0.5–6 ppb per day. A potentially significant ozone-driven flux of iodine to the atmosphere is estimated to be in the range of 2.5–500 M molec cm−2 s−1, leading to a mixing-layer enhancement of organo-iodine concentrations of 0.1–22.0 ppt, with an average increase in the N.E. Atlantic of around 4 ppt per day.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/243701 |
| spellingShingle | L. Coleman S. Varghese O. P. Tripathi S. G. Jennings C. D. O'Dowd Regional-Scale Ozone Deposition to North-East Atlantic Waters Advances in Meteorology |
| title | Regional-Scale Ozone Deposition to North-East Atlantic Waters |
| title_full | Regional-Scale Ozone Deposition to North-East Atlantic Waters |
| title_fullStr | Regional-Scale Ozone Deposition to North-East Atlantic Waters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regional-Scale Ozone Deposition to North-East Atlantic Waters |
| title_short | Regional-Scale Ozone Deposition to North-East Atlantic Waters |
| title_sort | regional scale ozone deposition to north east atlantic waters |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/243701 |
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