Source Contributions to Carbon Monoxide Concentrations During KORUS‐AQ Based on CAM‐chem Model Applications
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Tang, WenfuEmmons, Louisa K.
Arellano Jr, Avelino F.
Gaubert, Benjamin
Knote, Christoph
Tilmes, Simone
Buchholz, Rebecca R.
Pfister, Gabriele G.
Diskin, Glenn S.
Blake, Donald R.
Blake, Nicola J.
Meinardi, Simone
DiGangi, Joshua P.
Choi, Yonghoon
Woo, Jung‐Hun
He, Cenlin
Schroeder, Jason R.
Suh, Inseon
Lee, Hyo‐Jung
Jo, Hyun‐Young
Kanaya, Yugo
Jung, Jinsang
Lee, Youngjae
Kim, Danbi
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Univ Arizona, Dept Hydrol & Atmospher SciIssue Date
2019-03-07
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Tang, W., Emmons, L. K., Arellano Jr, A. F., Gaubert, B., Knote, C., Tilmes, S., et al. ( 2019). Source contributions to carbon monoxide concentrations during KORUS‐AQ based on CAM‐chem model applications. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 2796– 2822. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029151Rights
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We investigate regional sources contributing to CO during the Korea United States Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) campaign conducted over Korea (1 May to 10 June 2016) using 17 tagged CO simulations from the Community Atmosphere Model with chemistry (CAM-chem). The simulations use three spatial resolutions, three anthropogenic emission inventories, two meteorological fields, and nine emission scenarios. These simulations are evaluated against measurements from the DC-8 aircraft and Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT). Results show that simulations using bottom-up emissions are consistently lower (bias: -34 to -39%) and poorer performing (Taylor skill: 0.38-0.61) than simulations using alternative anthropogenic emissions (bias: -6 to -33%; Taylor skill: 0.48-0.86), particularly for enhanced Asian CO and volatile organic compound (VOC) emission scenarios, suggesting underestimation in modeled CO background and emissions in the region. The ranges of source contributions to modeled CO along DC-8 aircraft from Korea and southern (90 degrees E to 123 degrees E, 20 degrees N to 29 degrees N), middle (90 degrees E to 123 degrees E, 29 degrees N to 38.5 degrees N), and northern (90 degrees E to 131.5 degrees E, 38.5 degrees N to 45 degrees N) East Asia (EA) are 6-13%, similar to 5%, 16-28%, and 9-18%, respectively. CO emissions from middle and northern EA can reach Korea via transport within the boundary layer, whereas those from southern EA are transported to Korea mainly through the free troposphere. Emission contributions from middle EA dominate during continental outflow events (29-51%), while Korean emissions play an overall more important role for ground sites (up to 25-49%) and plumes within the boundary layer (up to 25-44%) in Korea. Finally, comparisons with four other source contribution approaches (FLEXPART 9.1 back trajectory calculations driven by Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) WRF inert tracer, China signature VOCs, and CO to CO2 enhancement ratios) show general consistency with CAM-chem.Note
6 month embargo; published online: 1 February 2019ISSN
2169-897X2169-8996
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Final published versionSponsors
National Science Foundation (NSF); U.S. Department of Energy (DOE); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observing System (EOS) Program; NCAR Advanced Study Program Postdoctoral Fellowship; Environment Research and Technology Development Fund of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan [2-1505, 2-1803]; National Science Foundation; NASA [NNX16AD96G, NNX16AE16G, NNX17AG39G]Additional Links
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018JD029151ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1029/2018jd029151