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ANTHROPOGENIC AND VOLCANIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DECADAL VARIATIONS OF STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOL Mian Chin, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Plus: Thomas Diehl, Qian Tan, Huisheng Bian, John Burrows, Nickolay Krotkov, Jean-Paul Vernier, Zifeng Lu, David Streets, William Reed Work funded by NASA Aura Program

Preface Hofmann, 1990: Stratospheric background increased by 3.8%/year, likely due to OCS Chin and Davis, 1995: OCS is not responsible for the increase. Volcanic influences possible. Hofmann, 2009: Asian anthropogenic emission caused the increase of stratospheric aerosols since 2000 My Aura proposal: Investigating anthropogenic and volcanic contributions

Introduction  The origin and variability of stratospheric aerosol have drawn considerable attention because the change of such aerosol could have long-term climate effects  Recent observations seem to suggest that the stratospheric aerosol has been increasing in the past decade without major volcanic eruptions it was suggested that the increase of Asian anthropogenic emission was the cause of such increase (Hofmann et al., 2009) But other studies showed that small-to-medium volcanic emission trends in the past decade can explain the stratospheric aerosol changes (Vernier et al., 2011; Neely et al., 2013; Simon Carn’s talk yesterday)

Anthropogenic SO 2 emission, Anthropogenic SO 2 emission EAS USA EUR SAS  Anthropogenic SO 2 emissions in East Asia and South Asia have increased significantly in the last decade  In the meantime anthropogenic emission has decreased significantly in US and Europe  The question is: How efficient the transport is to lift Asia surface pollution to the stratosphere to control the stratospheric aerosol trend? Emission data from: Z. Lu, D. Streets, et al., 2010; Diehl et al., 2012

Volcanic emission of SO 2 going to the UTLS, SO 2 emission from eruptive volcanoes from 2000 to 2009 with injection height above 10 km. Data source: TOMS, OMI, GVP, and in-situ measurements reported in literature (Diehl et al., 2012)  Volcanic emissions that reach the UTLS seem to have a positive trend as well  And they release SO 2 at high altitudes to have a more direct influence than Asian anthropogenic sources

This study  We use a global model GOCART to simulate atmospheric aerosols with a goal to assess the relative contributions of volcanic and anthropogenic emissions to the stratospheric aerosol loading and decadal trend  We compare the model simulations with satellite observations of SO 2 and aerosols in the troposphere and stratosphere from multiple satellite data

Global SO 2 emissions, 2001 (Note: OCS is not included in the model)

Regional aerosol trends – model and satellite AOD Even though anthropogenic AOD shows regional decreasing or increasing trends, trends of total AOD is much weaker because of large fraction of other aerosols (e.g., dust)

Volcanic SO 2 – Kasatochi, Aug 2008 OMI column SO 2 GOCART column SO OMI: snapshot at ~1:40 pm local time GOCART: daily average (note: unit and color scales are different between OMI and GOCART)

Volcanic SO 2 - Soufrière Hills, May 2006 OMI column SO 2 GOCART column SO 2 GOCART seems to capture the volcanic plume movement, although it is a little more diffusive

Comparisons with SCIAMACHY profiles SCIAMACHY GOCART total GOCART Volcanic GOCART Anthro+BB Km S Volcanic eruptions: A) Manam (Jan 2005, 4°S) B) Soufriere Hills (May 2006, 16°N) C) Tavurvur (Oct 2006, 4°S) D) Kasatochi (Aug 2008, 52°N) E) Sarychev Peak (July 2009, 48°N) F) Nabro (June 2011, 13°N) (Figure from John Burrows)

Comparison with CALIPSO Volcanic eruptions: 1.Soufriere Hills (May 2006, 16°N) 2.Tavurvur (Oct 2006, 4°S) 3.Kasatochi (Aug 2008, 52°N) 4.Sarychev Peak (July 2009, 48°N) CALIPSO aerosol km (SR) GOCART aerosol ~18-20 km (extinction Mm -1 ) (Figure from Solomon et al., 2011) Injection height of some volcanoes could be inaccurate

Attribution of “trends” (GOCART) 19.5N 155.6W40.0N 105.3W  Clearly, variations and trends are different in different locations  The anthropogenic sources impose an organized, smooth change in the lower stratosphere  The numerous volcanic eruptions frequently perturb the “background”, or even showing an increase trends over certain locations  On average, volcanic aerosol is nearly 2x as much as anthropogenic aerosols in the stratosphere (> 16 km, 50S-50N) from 2000 to 2009

Transport of pollution to the UTLS MLS CO (ppbv) Jul-Aug hPaCALIOP aerosol SR (532 nm) Jul-Aug km Park et al., 2007 Vernier et al., 2011 GEOS-5/GOCART simulations

Conclusions  Both satellite data and model have shown that even without major explosive volcanic eruptions, volcanic emissions frequently perturb the stratospheric “background” aerosols, making it difficult to define non-volcanic background aerosol values in the stratosphere  Although the ratio of volcanic/anthropogenic SO 2 emission is only 1:4 on decadal average ( ), the ratio of corresponding stratospheric amount is disproportionally 2:1, due to the high altitude emissions from volcanoes  The increase of anthropogenic emissions in Asia does seem to contribute to the increasing trend of stratospheric aerosol with well organized seasonal variations, but the most influence is confined in the UT  The model suggests that the volcanic sources could be more responsible than the anthropogenic sources for the apparent increasing trend of stratospheric aerosol in the past decade

Next action items:  Extend simulation to 2013 (with updated volcanic SO2 emission source)  Incorporate OCS sources  Systematic compare model results with OMI, MLS, SCIAMACHY, OSIRIS, CALIOP, OMPS data of gas and aerosol tracers  Compare ground-based lidar measurements (e.g., Mauna Loa, Boulder,…)  Investigate other aerosol contributions (e.g., biomass burning)  Address climate effects