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Global budget of tropospheric ozone:
long-term trend and recent model advances
Lu Hu
[email protected]
With
Loretta Mickley, Daniel Jacob, Xiong Liu,
Patrick Kim, Yi Zhang, Lin Zhang, Bob
Yantosca, Melissa Sulprizio
Acknowledgement: WOUDC, NOAA-GMD, MOZAIC-IAGOS,
NASA GMAO, ACMAP, and Aura Science Team
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GEOS-Chem updates in past decade have led to more active tropospheric ozone chemistry
Global tropospheric ozone budget in GEOS-Chem benchmark outputs
Model release date
Changes mainly reflect model advances, not the actual atmosphere
Hu et al. Atmos. Environ., in review
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GEOS-Chem updates in past decade have led to more active tropospheric ozone chemistry
Global tropospheric ozone budget in GEOS-Chem benchmark outputs
Model release date
Changes mainly reflect model advances, not the actual atmosphere
Hu et al. Atmos. Environ., in review
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Hu et al. Atmos. Environ., in review
GEOS-Chem v10-01 provides the best simulation of global tropospheric ozone over the history of the GEOS-Chem model versions
Model
Mean 500 hPa ozone in JJA 2013
OMI satellite data, X. Liu, SAO
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GEOS-Chem v10-01 provides the best simulation of global tropospheric ozone over the history of the GEOS-Chem model versions
But, GEOS-Chem shows a negative bias relative to ozonesondes at high northern latitudes, also a large sensitivity to meteorological fields
Model
Mean 500 hPa ozone in JJA 2013
Hu et al. Atmos. Environ., in review
Pre
ssu
re (
hP
a)
Ozone (ppbv)
Ozonesonde GEOS-5 (0.25° aka GEOS-FP) GEOS-5 (0.5°) GEOS-4 (1°)
OMI satellite data, X. Liu, SAO
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Pre 2000 Post 2010
200
250
300
350
IPCCTAR ACCENT ACCMIP IPCCAR5
Burden
(Tg)
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
IPCCTAR ACCENT ACCMIP IPCCAR5
Chem
icalproduction(Tg/y)
200
400
600
800
1000
IPCCTAR ACCENT ACCMIP IPCCAR5
Netstratosphericinflux(Tg/y)
Tropospheric ozone budget in current models B
urd
en
(Tg
) C
he
mic
al p
rod
uct
ion
(T
g/y)
Stra
tosp
her
e-tr
op
osp
her
e
exch
ange
(Tg
/y)
Hu et al. Atmos. Environ., in review
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Pre 2000 Post 2010
200
250
300
350
IPCCTAR ACCENT ACCMIP IPCCAR5
Burden
(Tg)
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
IPCCTAR ACCENT ACCMIP IPCCAR5
Chem
icalproduction(Tg/y)
200
400
600
800
1000
IPCCTAR ACCENT ACCMIP IPCCAR5
Netstratosphericinflux(Tg/y)
Tropospheric ozone budget in current models
GEOS-Chem
Bu
rde
n (
Tg)
Ch
em
ical
pro
du
ctio
n
(Tg/
y)
Stra
tosp
her
e-tr
op
osp
her
e
exch
ange
(Tg
/y)
Hu et al. Atmos. Environ., in review
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Pre 2000 Post 2010
200
250
300
350
IPCCTAR ACCENT ACCMIP IPCCAR5
Burden
(Tg)
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
IPCCTAR ACCENT ACCMIP IPCCAR5
Chem
icalproduction(Tg/y)
200
400
600
800
1000
IPCCTAR ACCENT ACCMIP IPCCAR5
Netstratosphericinflux(Tg/y)
Tropospheric ozone budget in current models
HO2 +NOStratosphere
troposphereexchange
CH3O2 +NO
RO2 +NO
Sources
O(1D)+H2O
HO2+O3
OH+O3
Dry
deposition
HOBr+hvOthers
Sinks
GEOS-Chem
Bu
rde
n (
Tg)
Ch
em
ical
pro
du
ctio
n
(Tg/
y)
Stra
tosp
her
e-tr
op
osp
her
e
exch
ange
(Tg
/y)
Hu et al. Atmos. Environ., in review
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Increasingly active tropospheric chemistry in models would affect the computed sensitivity to perturbations
Parrish et al., 2014
Climate models
Observations Observations
Model
GEOS-Chem simulation with MERRA+MACCity
Hu et al. in prep
O3 (
pp
bv)
Models can reproduce present-day levels, but not multi-decadal trends
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A widespread model ozone overprediction in 1980s O
3 (
pp
bv)
Hu et al. in prep
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Model estimates of natural background ozone is way too high, not only in 1920s, but also 1980s …
Hu et al. in prep
Observations
Model
If no anthropogenic emissions in the model
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Nature sources
Parrish et al., 2014
Climate models
Observations Observations
Model
GEOS-Chem simulation with MERRA+MACCity
Hu et al. in prep
O3 (
pp
bv)
If no anthropogenic emissions in the model
Need to reduce global NOx emission in 1980s by half?