Intercomparison of Stratospheric Chemistry Models under Polar Vortex Conditions     

M. Krämer  Ri. Müller  H. Bovensmann  J. Burrows  J. Brinkmann  E. P. Röth  J.-U. Grooß  Ro. Müller  Th. Woyke  R. Ruhnke  G. Günther  J. Hendricks  E. Lippert  K. S. Carslaw  Th. Peter  A. Zieger  Ch. Brühl  B. Steil  R. Lehmann  D. S. McKenna 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》2003,45(1):51-77

Several stratospheric chemistry modules from box, 2-D or 3-D models, have been intercompared. The intercomparison was focused on the ozone loss and associated reactive species under the conditions found in the cold, wintertime Arctic and Antarctic vortices. Comparisons of both gas phase and heterogeneous chemistry modules show excellent agreement between the models under constrained conditions for photolysis and the microphysics of polar stratospheric clouds. While the mean integral ozone loss ranges from 4–80% for different 30–50 days long air parcel trajectories, the mean scatter of model results around these values is only about ±1.5%. In a case study, where the models employed their standard photolysis and microphysical schemes, the variation around the mean percentage ozone loss increases to about ±7%. This increased scatter of model results is mainly due to the different treatment of the PSC microphysics and heterogeneous chemistry in the models, whereby the most unrealistic assumptions about PSC processes consequently lead to the least representative ozone chemistry. Furthermore, for this case study the model results for the ozone mixing ratios at different altitudes were compared with a measured ozone profile to investigate the extent to which models reproduce the stratospheric ozone losses. It was found that mainly in the height range of strong ozone depletion all models underestimate the ozone loss by about a factor of two. This finding corroborates earlier studies and implies a general deficiency in our understanding of the stratospheric ozone loss chemistry rather than a specific problem related to a particular model simulation.  相似文献   

The determination of cloud altitudes using SCIAMACHY onboard ENVISAT     

Kokhanovsky  A.A. Rozanov  V.V. von Hoyningen-Huene  W. Bovensmann  H. Burrows  J.P. Baltink  H.K. 《Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE》2004,1(3):211-214

This letter shows first results for the application of a recently developed semianalytical cloud retrieval algorithm for the determination of cloud top heights from space. The technique is based on the measurements of the top-of-atmosphere reflectance in the oxygen A-band. The depth of the band depends on the cloud top height and its geometrical thickness. The data obtained are compared to ground-based measurements of the cloud top height using a cloud-profiling radar.  相似文献   

Interpretation of Mid-Stratospheric Arctic Ozone Measurements Using a Photochemical Box-Model     

Sinnhuber  B.-M.  Müller  R.  Langer  J.  Bovensmann  H.  Eyring  V.  Klein  U.  Trentmann  J.  Burrows  J. P.  Künzi  K. F. 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1999,34(3):281-290

In this study measurements of mid-stratospheric Arctic ozone are compared with model simulations. The measurements obtained at Spitsbergen (79°N, 12°E) by ground based millimeter-wave radiometry exhibit large day to day variabilities as well as periods with low ozone. To interpret these measurements, calculations were made using the new photochemical box-trajectory model BRAPHO, with air parcel trajectories calculated from analyzed wind fields. Using a relatively simple approach, the model reproduces the observed ozone variability well, including inter-annual variations. The explanation for the observed ozone behavior is that at these altitudes ozone is determined by what we call dynamically controlled photochemistry. This means that the photochemical evolution of the ozone volume mixing ratio is mainly controlled by the atmospheric dynamics, in particular the solar zenith angle the air parcel has experienced.  相似文献   

Impact of Accurate Photolysis Calculations on the Simulation of Stratospheric Chemistry     

Jörg Trentmann  Heinrich Bovensmann  Veronika Eyring  Richard W. Müller  John P. Burrows 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》2003,44(3):225-240

The interpretation of atmospheric measurements and the forecasting of the atmospheric composition require a hierarchy of accurate chemical transport and global circulation models. Here, the results of studies using Bremens Atmospheric Photochemical Model (BRAPHO) are presented. The focus of this study is given to the calculation of the atmospheric photolysis frequencies It is shown that the spectral high resolved simulation of the O₂ Schumann–Runge bands leads to differences in the order of 10% in the calculated O₂ photolysis frequency when compared with parameterizations used in other atmospheric models. Detailed treatment of the NO absorption leads to even larger differences (in the order of 50%) compared to standard parameterizations. Refraction leads to a significant increase in the photolysis frequencies at large solar zenith angles and, under polar spring conditions, to a significant change in the nighttime mixing ratio of some trace gases, e.g., NO₃. It appears that recent changes in some important rate constants significantly alter the simulated BrO_x- and HO_x-budgets in the mid-latitude stratosphere.  相似文献