Variations of trace gases over the Bay of Bengal during the summer monsoon |
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| Authors: | I A Girach Narendra Ojha Prabha R Nair Yogesh K Tiwari K Ravi Kumar |
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| Institution: | 1.Space Physics Laboratory,Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre,Thiruvananthapuram,India;2.Department of Atmospheric Chemistry,Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,Mainz,Germany;3.Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology,Pune,India;4.National Institute of Polar Research,Tachikawa,Japan;5.Department of Environmental Geochemical Cycle Research,JAMSTEC,Yokohama,Japan |
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| Abstract: | In situ measurements of near-surface ozone (\(\hbox {O}_{3})\), carbon monoxide (CO), and methane (\(\hbox {CH}_{4})\) were carried out over the Bay of Bengal (BoB) as a part of the Continental Tropical Convergence Zone (CTCZ) campaign during the summer monsoon season of 2009. \(\hbox {O}_{3}\), CO and \(\hbox {CH}_{4}\) mixing ratios varied in the ranges of 8–54 ppbv, 50–200 ppbv and 1.57–2.15 ppmv, respectively during 16 July–17 August 2009. The spatial distribution of mean tropospheric \(\hbox {O}_{3}\) from satellite retrievals is found to be similar to that in surface \(\hbox {O}_{3}\) observations, with higher levels over coastal and northern BoB as compared to central BoB. The comparison of in situ measurements with the Monitoring Atmospheric Composition & Climate (MACC) global reanalysis shows that MACC simulations reproduce the observations with small mean biases of 1.6 ppbv, –2.6 ppbv and 0.07 ppmv for \(\hbox {O}_{3}\), CO and \(\hbox {CH}_{4}\), respectively. The analysis of diurnal variation of \(\hbox {O}_{3}\) based on observations and the simulations from Weather Research and Forecasting coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) at a stationary point over the BoB did not show a net photochemical build up during daytime. Satellite retrievals show limitations in capturing \(\hbox {CH}_{4}\) variations as measured by in situ sample analysis highlighting the need of more shipborne in situ measurements of trace gases over this region during monsoon. |
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