Global Simulation of SO 2 Concentrations with Updated Emission Inventory Gan Luo, Fangqun Yu, Zifa Wang Atmospheric Science Research Center, SUNY- Albany Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Science
Introduction Acidifying Gas Acid Rain Precursory Atm. Particles Global Dimming/Brightening? CCN Cloud Precipitation?
Global Dimming/Brightening? Fig. 5. Linear and second-order trends for (A) land areas only and (B) for oceans only. [Pinker, Science, 2005] Fig. 2. the records covering the period 1992 to 2002 (B) clear-sky conditions (24). Units W mj2.[Wild, Science, 2005] Surface ObservationsSatellite Observations
Sulfur Emission in GEOS-Chem Recent Short-term Simulation: GEIA 1985 EDGAR 2000 What should we do if we want to make a long-term simulation? Corrected Data (EPA, EMEP, TRACE-P) EDGAR Base Data (Benkovitz, 1996) 1998 Scale Revise (Park, 2004) GEIA 1985 GEOS-Chem
Olivier J.G.J. and J.J.M. Berdowski (2001a): Global emissions sources and sinks. Updated Emission Inventory EDGAR Linear Interpolation Long-term Emission Series based on EDGAR … GEIA, CGRER Correct the Emission Database Van Aardenne, et al. (2001): A High Resolution Dataset of Historical Anth. Trace Gas Emissions for the Period
Anthropogenic Emission Trend
Model Setting Period: 1986~2005 (1986~1995) GEOS-Chem Version: v Met field type: GEOS-4 Horizontal Resolution: 4x5 Type of Simulation: Full-chemistry Emissions: Default setting While the Sulfide Anthropogenic and Biofuel Emission are Updated with New Inventory
Surface SO 2 :
Surface Sulfate:
Comparison with Observation WDCGG Stations
Comparison with Observation WDCGG Stations
Discussions Geography Information System 10 Years Series of Surface SO 2 10 Years Series of Aerosol Optical Depth
10 Years Series: Surface SO 2
10 Years Series: AOD
Summary New sulfide inventory has been used in GEOS-Chem to study the long-term variations of SO 2 and sulfate Emission trend (New vs. Old) Total-N=Total-O; Corrected (Asia, NA); Detailed (Europe) Simulated 10-year variations of SO 2 concentrations are compared with WDCGG stations measurements, and it indicates that the model results are reasonable. SO 2 emission reduction is very significant in Europe since 1990 and we find that sulfate and total AOD over Europe has a clear downward trend since This may contribute to the observed brightening for stations in Europe.
Future Long-term ( ) SO 2, sulfate AOD Trend, comparisons with available measurements. Coupled with nucleation and growth module to study the long-term change in particle formation and CCN abundance.
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