GEOS-Chem Users Meeting April 12, 2007 U.S. INFLUENCE ON TROPOSPHERIC OZONE AND THE EFFECTS OF RECENT EMISSION REDUCTIONS Modeling: Rynda Hudman *, Lee Murray, Daniel Jacob, Solene Turquety, Dylan Millet, Shiliang Wu NEI 99 Emissions: Alice Gilliland ICARTT Observations: Melody Avery, Tim Bertram, Ron Cohen, Jack Dibb, Frank Flocke, Allen Goldstein, John Holloway, Andy Neuman, Tom Ryerson, Glen Sachse, Hanwant Singh, P J Wooldridge ICARTT Flight Tracks
U.S. INFLUENCE ON TROPOSPHERIC OZONE AND THE EFFECTS OF RECENT EMISSION REDUCTIONS. Modeling: Rynda Hudman *, Lee Murray, Daniel Jacob, Solene Turquety, Dylan Millet, Shiliang Wu NEI 99 Emissions: Alice Gilliland - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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GEOS-Chem Users Meeting April 12, 2007
U.S. INFLUENCE ON TROPOSPHERIC OZONE AND THE EFFECTS OF RECENT EMISSION REDUCTIONS
Modeling: Rynda Hudman*, Lee Murray, Daniel Jacob, Solene Turquety, Dylan Millet, Shiliang Wu
NEI 99 Emissions: Alice Gilliland
ICARTT Observations: Melody Avery, Tim Bertram, Ron Cohen, Jack Dibb, Frank Flocke, Allen Goldstein, John Holloway, Andy Neuman, Tom Ryerson, Glen Sachse, Hanwant Singh, P J Wooldridge
ICA
RT
T F
light
Tra
cks
North America Europe
NOx stationary sources 50%
Anthropogenic CO 60%
4
2
6
8
Alt (km)
10
O3 (ppbv)
BB NA FF Lightning
NOx/flash4X larger than previously assumed!
Export well constrained
effects on O3 & OPE Northern Hemisphere Burden
ICARTT CONSTRAINTS ON SUMMERTIME EMISSIONS & HEMISPHERIC OZONE
& distributed to tropopause [Price and Rind, 1992]
Modifications from ICARTT constraints in blue (improved)
Flash counts (flashes/km2/s)
CO emissions
NOx
emission
GEOS-CHEM VS. ICARTT Mean comparison along the flight tracks
Large UT NOx bias
BL bias in CO and NOx
Ozone FT bias 5-10 ppbv
Measurements (WP-3D, DC-8): CO (J. Holloway, G. Sachse), NOx (T. Ryerson, R. Cohen, W. Brune), PAN (F. Flocke, H. Singh), HNO3 (A. Neuman, J. Dibb), ozone (T. Ryerson, M. Avery)
Observed Simulated Improved Simulation
DC-8 Midwest Median NO2
Median Model / Observed NOx (0-2 km)
[ratio]
Large overestimate powerplant/industry dominated Midwest and in the South
50% reduction in power and industry source as determined by Frost et al., [2006] improves boundary layer NO2 simulation
ICARTT OBSERVATIONS CONFIRM LARGE DECREASE SINCE 1999 IN INDUSTRY/POWER SOURCE
Measurements (WP-3D, DC-8): T. Ryerson (NO2), Ron Cohen/Tim Bertram (NO2)
NO2 (ppbv)
OZONE REDUCTIONS RESULTING FROM DECREASE IN NOx EMISSIONS
Can we see changes in OPE due NOx emission reductions in dO3/dCO in U.S. outflow?
Requires good estimate of CO source…..
ECO
ENOOPE
dCO
dO x3
Regional differences in ozone, can be explained by OPE:
OPE
Midwest: 2.5-3.5
Southeast: 4-5.5
BOTH AIRCRAFT AND SURFACE DATA SUGGEST NEI 99 CO EMISSIONS ARE 2.5 TIMES TOO HIGH
Air
craf
t (0
-1.5
km
)C
heb
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ue
Po
int
(su
rfac
e)
OBSERVED SIMULATED (NEI99) SIMULATED (anthro CO reduced by 60%)
Measurments:
J. Holloway, G. Sachse
Measurments: A. Goldstein/ Dylan Millet
Hudman et al. [2007b]
SCATTERPLOT OF SIMULATED TO OBSERVED CO
Parrish [2006] finds on-road source overestimated by 50% in NEI 99 (~33% reduction in NEI source due to this bias)
CO decrease trend 3.7% yr-1 (1987-2002), ( 12% reduction in anthropogenic CO source since 1999 due to trend)
From these estimates 2004 emissions 45% lower than NEI 99 (Our estimate 60%)
ANTHROPOGENIC CO SOURCE IN THE UNITED STATES IN SUMMER IS NOW LOWER THAN BIOGENIC SOURCE
CO ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSION (11.5, 4.6)CO SOURCE FROM ANTHROPOGENIC VOC OXIDATION (1.8, 1.8)CO SOURCE FROM ISOPRENE OXIDATION (6.7, 6.7)CO SOURCE FROM OTHER BIOGENIC OXIDATION (2.4, 2.4)
NEI 99 NEI 99 with 60% reduction in CO
51%
10%
30%
8%
<1%
CO SOURCE FROM OTHER BIOMASS BURNING OVER CONTINENTAL U.S.(0.16, 0.16) Note: Fires in Canada and Alaska ~19 Tg CO
~28% increase in dO3/dCO expected 0.3-0.4 (90s) 0.4-0.5 (present)
Multiply dO3/dCO * ECO 1.5 Gmol ozone d-1
(Ozone flux consistent with 1990s estimates)
Fuel - based inventory + CO & CO/NOx ambient trends inferred emissions
[Parrish et al., 2006]
EVALUATION OF EPA NEI99 ON-ROAD TRANSPORT EMISSIONS
On-road emission estimates
*Note: 2004 trends report is same as NEI99
On-Road transport inventories (1995)
On-road CO emissions too high by 50%
UNITED STATES NOx REGULATIONS AIMED AT REDUCING OZONE SMOG
• 1998 - The EPA NOx SIP Call mandated that 22 eastern states & DC revise their SIPs to meet NOx emissions reductions by 2003 (Phase 1) and further reduction by 2007 (Phase 2).
• 2003 - All 22 states reduced NOx point source emissions to their Phase 1 levels.
• 2004 - Frost et al., [2006] determined that as a result emission rates of power plant NOx have decreased approximately 50% between 1999 and 2003.
• 2005 - NOx levels in the U.S. will likely continue to drop. In March 2005, the EPA issued the Clean Air Interstate Rule, which will, permanently reduce NOx emissions to 60% of 2003 levels in 25 eastern states, and the DC.