OVERVIEW OF ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES: Daniel J. Jacob Ozone and particulate matter (PM) with a global change perspective.

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OVERVIEW OF ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES: Daniel J. Jacob Ozone and particulate matter (PM) with a global change perspective

GOOD (STRATOSPHERIC) vs. BAD (SURFACE) OZONE Nitrogen oxide radicals; NO x = NO + NO 2 Sources: combustion, soils, lightning Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) Methane Sources: wetlands, livestock, natural gas… Reactive VOCs Sources: vegetation, combustion Tropospheric ozone precursors NO x is usually the limiting precursor for ozone formation

Boersma et al. [JGR, submitted] TROPOSPHERIC NO 2 MEASUREMENTS FROM SPACE October 2004 OMI satellite instrument (13x24 km 2 resolution) map the distribution of NO x emissions

IMPORTANCE OF BACKGROUND OZONE FOR MEETING AIR QUALITY STANDARDS (AQS) ppb Europe AQS (seasonal) U.S. AQS (8-h avg.) U.S. AQS (1-h avg.) Preindustrial ozone background Present-day ozone background at northern midlatitudes Europe AQS (8-h avg.)

ANNUAL MEAN PM 2.5 CONCENTRATIONS (2002) derived from MODIS satellite instrument data (10x10 km 2 resolution) Van Donkelaar et al. [in press] EPA standard PM components: sulfate-nitrate-ammonium carbon (organic, elemental) mineral dust sea salt

ORGANIC PM 2.5 IN THE UNITED STATES Annual mean observations, 2001 (IMPROVE sites) U.S. source: 2.7 Tg yr -1  g m -3 Fossil fuel, biomass fires, vegetation all make large contributions; Processes, responses to changes in emissions are not well understood Park et al. [JGR 2003, AE 2006]

WILDFIRES: A GROWING AEROSOL SOURCE S. California fire plumes, Oct Total carbonaceous (TC) aerosol averaged over U.S. IMPROVE sites Interannual variability is driven by wildfires Westerling et al. [2006] [Park et al., submitted]

INTERCONTINENTAL DUST INFLUENCE Glen Canyon, Arizona clear day April 16, 2001: Asian dust! Fairlie et al. [AE 2007] Annual mean PM 2.5 dust (  g m -3 ), 2001 Asia Sahara Most fine dust in the U.S. (except in southwest) is of intercontinental origin

OBSERVED DEPENDENCE OF AIR QUALITY ON WEATHER WARNS OF POTENTIALLY LARGE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE Interannual variability of exceedances of ozone NAAQS # summer days with 8-hour O 3 > 84 ppbv, average for 257 northeast U.S. AIRS sites 1988, hottest on record Ozone is strongly correlated with temperature in observations; reflects (1) chemistry, (2) biogenic VOC emissions, (3) association with stagnation Lin et al. [AE 2001]

PROJECTING EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON OZONE AIR QUALITY USING OBSERVED OZONE-TEMPERATURE CORRELATIONS Probability of max 8-h O 3 > 84 ppbv vs. daily max. temperature Projected T change for northeast U.S. in simulated with ensemble of GCMs for different scenarios [IPCC, 2007]  T = 3K Probability Temperature, K Probability of exceedance doubles By 2025,  T = 1-3 K depending on model and scenario; use statistical approach at right to infer increased probability of ozone exceedance for a given region or city assume nothing else changes. Effect is large! Lin, Mickley et al., in prep. Lin et al. [2001] Northeast Los Angeles Southeast

COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH FOR INVESTIGATING EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AIR QUALITY Global climate model (GCM) Global chemical transport model (CTM) for ozone-PM Regional climate model (RCM) Regional CTM for ozone-PM boundary conditions input meteorology input meteorology boundary conditions IPCC future emission scenario greenhouse gases ozone-PM precursors EPA STAR Initiative

CHANGES IN SUMMER MEAN 8-h AVG. DAILY MAXMUM OZONE FROM CHANGES IN CLIMATE AND GLOBAL EMISSIONS  2050 emissions & 2000 climate)  2050 emissions & climate) 2000 conditions ( ppb)  2000 emissions & 2050 climate) Wu et al. [in prep.] IPCC A1 scenario: includes 40% decrease in U.S. NO x emissions climate change causes up to 10 ppb ozone increases during pollution episodes

EFFECT OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON ANNUAL MEAN PM 2.5 CONCENTRATIONS (  g m -3 ) Wu et al., [in prep.] 2000 conditions: PM 2.5,  g m -3  2000 emissions & 2050 climate)  (2050 emissions & 2000 climate)  2050 emissions & 2050 climate) Effect of climate change is small (at most 0.3  g m -3 ) – but this doesn’t account for change in wildfires…

RADIATIVE FORCING OF CLIMATE, 1850-present Air pollution - related greenhouse forcing: 0.7 (CH 4 ) (O 3 ) (BC) = 2.0 W m -2 …larger than CO 2 Cooling from scattering anthropogenic aerosols: -1.3 (direct) – 1.0 (clouds) = -2.3 W m -2 …cancels half the warming Hansen and Sato [2001] (BC) Polliution-related forcings