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DOI | 10.5194/acp-19-12587-2019 |
Estimating background contributions and US anthropogenic enhancements to maximum ozone concentrations in the northern US | |
Parrish, David D.1,2,3; Ennis, Christine A.4 | |
2019-10-09 | |
发表期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS |
ISSN | 1680-7316 |
EISSN | 1680-7324 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 19期号:19页码:12587-12605 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | US ambient ozone concentrations have two components: US background ozone and enhancements produced from the country's anthropogenic precursor emissions. Only the enhancements effectively respond to national emission controls. We investigate the temporal evolution and spatial variability in the largest ozone concentrations, i.e., those that define the ozone design value (ODV) upon which the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) is based, within the northern tier of US states. We focus on two regions: rural western states, with only small anthropogenic precursor emissions, and the urbanized northeastern states, which include the New York City urban area, the nation's most populated. The US background ODV (i.e., the ODV remaining if US anthropogenic precursor emissions were reduced to zero) is estimated to vary from 54 to 63 ppb in the rural western states and to be smaller and nearly constant (45.8 +/- 3.0 ppb) throughout the northeastern states. These US background ODVs correspond to 65 % to 90 % of the 2015 NAAQS of 70 ppb. Over the past 2 to 3 decades US emission control efforts have decreased the US anthropogenic ODV enhancements at an approximately exponential rate, with an e-folding time constant of similar to 22 years. These ODV enhancements are relatively large in the northeastern US, with state maximum ODV enhancements of similar to 35-64 ppb in 2000, but are not discernible in the rural western states. The US background ODV contribution is significantly larger than the present-day ODV enhancements due to photochemical production from US anthropogenic precursor emissions in the urban as well as the rural regions investigated. Forward projections of past trends suggest that average maximum ODVs in northeastern US will drop below the NAAQS of 70 ppb by about 2021, assuming that the exponential decrease in the ODV enhancements can be maintained and the US background ODV remains constant. This estimate is much more optimistic than in the Los Angeles urban area, where a similar approach estimates the maximum ODV to reach 70 ppb in similar to 2050 (Parrish et al., 2017a). The primary reason for this large difference is the significantly higher US ODV background (62.0 +/- 2.0 ppb) estimated for the Los Angeles urban area. The approach used in this work has some unquantified uncertainties that are discussed. Models can also estimate US background ODVs; some of those results are shown to correlate with the observationally based estimates derived here (r(2) values for different models are similar to 0.31 to 0.90), but they are on average systematically lower by 4 to 13 ppb. Further model improvement is required until their output can accurately reproduce the time series and spatial variability in observed ODVs. Ideally, the uncertainties in the model and observationally based approaches can then be reduced through additional comparisons. |
领域 | 地球科学 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000489689500004 |
WOS关键词 | RISING ASIAN EMISSIONS ; SURFACE OZONE ; AIR-POLLUTION ; VARIABILITY ; WILDFIRES ; MORTALITY ; QUALITY ; IMPACT |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/187602 |
专题 | 地球科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Colorado, Cooperat Inst Res Environm Sci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA; 2.NOAA, ESRL Chem Sci Div, Boulder, CO 80305 USA; 3.David D Parrish LLC, Boulder, CO 80304 USA; 4.2B Technol, Boulder, CO USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Parrish, David D.,Ennis, Christine A.. Estimating background contributions and US anthropogenic enhancements to maximum ozone concentrations in the northern US[J]. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,2019,19(19):12587-12605. |
APA | Parrish, David D.,&Ennis, Christine A..(2019).Estimating background contributions and US anthropogenic enhancements to maximum ozone concentrations in the northern US.ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,19(19),12587-12605. |
MLA | Parrish, David D.,et al."Estimating background contributions and US anthropogenic enhancements to maximum ozone concentrations in the northern US".ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 19.19(2019):12587-12605. |
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