Mixing of boundary layer and upper tropospheric ozone during a deep convective event over Western Europe

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 28, 2002, Pages 4491-4501

  Tulet, P ^a,b   Suhre, K ^c   Mari, C ^a   Solmon, F ^a   Rosset, R ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^c Wilhelm Karmann GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convective transport; Mesoscale modelling; Stratosphere troposphere exchange

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; MIXING; OZONE; POLLUTION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL MESOSCALE MODEL;

TROPOSPHERE;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FRANCE; PLUME; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERN EUROPE;

FRANCE;

EID: 0036708753     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00336-9     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Alheit R., Hauf T. Vertical transport of trace species by thunderstorm - a transilient transport model. Ber. Bumex. Geo. Phys. Chem. 96:1992;501-510.
2. Bechtold P., Bazile E., Guichard F., Mascart P., Richard E. A mass-flux convection scheme for regional and global models. Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society. 127:2001;869-886.
3. Bougeault P., Lacarrere P. Parameterization of orography-induced turbulent in a meso-beta model. Monthly Weather Review. 117:1989;1872-1890.
4. Browning K.A. The dry intrusion perspective of extra-tropical cyclone development. Meteorological Application. 92:1997;317-324.
5. Chatfield R., Crutzen P. Sulfur dioxide in remote oceanic air. cloud transport of reactive precursors Journal of Geophysical Research. 89:1984;7111-7132.
6. Courtier, P., Freydier, C., Geleyn, J.F., Rabier, F., Rochas, M., 1991. The ARPEGE Project at Meteo France. Proceedings of the ECMWF Seminar, Vol. 7, Available from ECMWF, Shinfield, Reading, UK, pp. 193-231.
7. Crassier V., Suhre K., Tulet P., Rosset R. Development of a reduced chemical scheme for use in mesoscale meteorological models. Atmospheric Environment. 34:2000;2633-2644.
8. Ebel, A., Hass, H., Jacobs, H.J., Laube, M., Memmesheiner, M., Oberreuter, A., Geiss, H., Kuo, Y.-H., 1991. Simulation of ozone intrusion caused by a tropopause fold and cut-off low. Atmospheric Environment 2131-2144.
9. Hauf T., Schulte P., Alheit R., Schlager H. Rapid vertical transport by an isolated midlatitude thunderstorm. Journal of Geophysical Research. 100:1995;22,957-22,970.
10. Hoskins B.J., McIntyre M., Robertson A.W. On the use and significance of isentropic potential vorticity maps. Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society. 111:1985;877-946.
11. Jeker D.P., Pfister L., Thompson A.M., Brunner D., Boccippio D.J., Pickering K.E., Wernli H., Kondo Y., Staehelin J. Measurements of nitrogen oxides at the tropopause. attribution to convection and correlation with lightning Journal of Geophysical Research. 105(D3):2000;3679-3700.
12. Kain J., Fritsch J. Convective parameterization for mesoscale models. the Kain-Fitsch scheme Meteorological Monographs. 46:1993;165-170.
13. Kley D. Tropospheric chemistry and transport. Science. 276:1997;1043-1045.
14. Lafore J.P., Stein J., Asencio N., Bougeault P., Ducrocq V., Duron J., Fischer C., Hereil P., Mascart P., Masson V., Pinty J.-P., Redelsperger J.-P., Richard E., Vila-Guerau de Arellano J. The Meso-NH atmospheric simulation system. Part I. adiabatic formulation and control simulations Annals of Geophysics. 16:1998;90-109.
15. Lelieveld J., Crutzen P.-J. Role of deep cloud convection in the ozone budget of the troposphere. Science. 264:1994;1759-1761.
16. Madronich S., Weller G. The role of solar radiation in atmospheric chemistry. Boule P. Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. 1998;1-26 Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.
17. Marenco A., Thouret V., Nedelec P., Smit H., Helten M., Kley D., Karcher F., Simon P., Law K., Pyle J., Poschmann G., Von Wrede R., Hume C., Cook T. Measurement of ozone and water vapor by airbus in-service aircraft. the MOZAIC airborne program, an overview Journal of Geophysical Research. 103:1998;25631-25642.
18. Mari C., Jacob D.-J., Bechtold P. Transport and scavenging of soluble gases in a deep convective cloud. Journal of Geophysical Research. 105:2000;22255-22263.
19. Morcrette J.J. Impact of changes of the radiation transfer parameterisations plus cloud optical properties in the ECMWF model. Monthly Weather Review. 114:1989;398-414.
20. Newell R.-E., Thouret V., Cho J.Y.N., Stoller P., Marenco A., Smit H. Ubiquity of quasi-horizontal layers in the troposphere. Nature. 398:1999;316-319.
21. Noilhan J., Mahfouf J. The isba land surface parameterisation scheme. Global Planetary Change. 13:1995;145-145.
22. Numaguti A.R., Oki R., Nakamura K., Tsuboki K., Misawa N., Asai T., Kodama Y. 4-5-Day-Period Variation and low-level Dry Air Observed in the Equatorial Western Pacific during the TOGA-COARE IOP. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. 73:1995;267-290.
23. Pickering K.E., Thompson A.M., Dickerson R.R., Luke W.T., McNamara D.P., Greenberg J.P., Zimmerman P.R. Model calculations of tropospheric ozone production potential following observed convective events. Journal of Geophysical Research. 95(D9):1990;14049-14062.
24. x photochemistry of the upper troposphere driving by deep tropical convection Geological Research Letters. 84:1997;3189-3192.
25. Scala J.R., Garstang M., Tao W.-K., Pickering K.E., Thompson A.M., Simpson J., Kirchhoff V.W.J.H., Browell E.V., Sachse G.W., Torres A.L., Gregory G.L., Rasmusen R.A., Khalil M.A.K. Cloud draft structure and trace gas transport. Journal of Geophysical Research. 95:1990;17015-17030.
26. Schuepbach E., Davies T.D., Massacand A.C., Wernli H. Mesoscale modelling of vertical atmospheric transport in the Alps associated with the advection of a tropopause fold - a winter ozone episode. Atmospheric Environment. 33:1999;3613-3626.
27. Stockwell, W., Kirchner, F., Kuhn, M., Seefeld, S., 1997. A new mechanism for regional atmospheric chemistry modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research 102 (D22), 25847-25879.
28. Suhre K., Mari C., Bates T.S., Johnson J.E., Rosset R., Wang Q., Bandy A.R., Blake D.R., Businger S., Eisels F.L., Huebert B.J., Kok G.L., Mauldin R.L. III, Prévôt A.S.H., Schillawski R.D., Tanner D.J., Thornton D.C. Physico-chemical modeling of the First Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE 1) Lagrangian B, 1. A moving column approach. Journal of Geophysical Research. 103:1998;16433-16455.
29. Thompson A.M., Tao W.K., Pickering K.E., Scala J.R., Simpson J. Tropical deep convection and ozone formation. Bulletion of the American Meteorological Society. 78:1997;1043-1054.
30. Thouret V., Cho J.Y.N., Newell E., Marenco A., Smit H.G.J. General characteristics of tropospheric trace constituent layers observed in the MOZAIC program. Journal of Geophysical Research. 105(D13):2000;17379-17392.
31. Tulet, P., Crassier, V., Solmon, F., Guedalia, D., Rosset, R., 2002. Description of the MESO-NH-C model and application to a transboundary pollution episode between northern France and southern England. Journal of Geophysical Research, in press.
32. Tulet P., Maalej A., Crassier V., Rosset R. An episode of photooxidant plume pollution over the Paris region. Atmospheric Environment. 33:1999;1651-1662.
33. Wang C., Crutzen P.J., Ramanathan V. The role of a deep convective storm over the tropical pacific ocean in the redistribution of atmospheric chemical species. Journal of Geophysical Research. 100:1995;11509-11516.
34. Wickert, B., Schwartz, U., Blank, P., John, C., Kuhlwein, J., Obermeier, A., Friedrich, R., 1999. Generation of an emission data base for Europe 1994. Proceedings of Eurotrac Symposium, Vol. 98(2), pp. 255-265.