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DOI | 10.5194/acp-18-9955-2018 |
Investigating the yield of H2O and H-2 from methane oxidation in the stratosphere | |
Frank, Franziska1; Joeckel, Patrick1; Gromov, Sergey2,3,4; Dameris, Martin1 | |
2018-07-13 | |
发表期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS |
ISSN | 1680-7316 |
EISSN | 1680-7324 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 18期号:13页码:9955-9973 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Germany; Russia |
英文摘要 | An important driver of climate change is stratospheric water vapor (SWV), which in turn is influenced by the oxidation of atmospheric methane (CH4). In order to parameterize the production of water vapor (H2O) from CH4 oxidation, it is often assumed that the oxidation of one CH4 molecule yields exactly two molecules of H2O. However, this assumption is based on an early study, which also gives evidence that this is not true at all altitudes. In the current study, we re-evaluate this assumption with a comprehensive systematic analysis using a stateof- the-art chemistry-climate model (CCM), namely the ECHAM/MESSy Atmospheric Chemistry (EMAC) model, and present three approaches to investigate the yield of H2O and hydrogen gas (H-2) from CH4 oxidation. We thereby make use of the Module Efficiently Calculating the Chemistry of the Atmosphere (MECCA) in a box model and global model configuration. Furthermore, we use the kinetic chemistry tagging technique (MECCA-TAG) to investigate the chemical pathways between CH4, H2O and H-2, by being able to distinguish hydrogen atoms produced by CH4 from H-2 from other sources. We apply three approaches, which all agree that assuming a yield of 2 overestimates the production of H2O in the lower stratosphere (calculated as 1.5-1.7). Additionally, transport and subsequent photochemical processing of longer-lived intermediates (mostly H-2) raise the local yield values in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere above 2 (maximum > 2.2). In the middle and upper mesosphere, the influence of loss and recycling of H2O increases, making it a crucial factor in the parameterization of the yield of H2O from CH4 oxidation. An additional sensitivity study with the Chemistry As A Boxmodel Application (CAABA) shows a dependence of the yield on the hydroxyl radical (OH) abundance. No significant temperature dependence is found. We focus representatively on the tropical zone between 23 degrees S and 23 degrees N. It is found in the global approach that presented results are mostly valid for midlatitudes as well. During the polar night, the method is not applicable. Our conclusions question the use of a constant yield of H2O from CH4 oxidation in climate modeling and encourage to apply comprehensive parameterizations that follow the vertical profiles of the H2O yield derived here and take the chemical H2O loss into account. |
领域 | 地球科学 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000438536200005 |
WOS关键词 | TOTAL HYDROGEN BUDGET ; WATER-VAPOR ; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION ; CLIMATE ; 21ST-CENTURY ; SENSITIVITY ; SIMULATION ; ATMOSPHERE ; CYCLE |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/30534 |
专题 | 地球科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Deutsch Zentrum Luft & Raumfahrt DLR, Inst Phys Atmosphare, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; 2.Max Planck Inst Chem, Air Chem Dept, Mainz, Germany; 3.Inst Global Climate & Ecol Roshydromet, Moscow, Russia; 4.RAS, IGCE, Moscow, Russia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Frank, Franziska,Joeckel, Patrick,Gromov, Sergey,et al. Investigating the yield of H2O and H-2 from methane oxidation in the stratosphere[J]. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,2018,18(13):9955-9973. |
APA | Frank, Franziska,Joeckel, Patrick,Gromov, Sergey,&Dameris, Martin.(2018).Investigating the yield of H2O and H-2 from methane oxidation in the stratosphere.ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,18(13),9955-9973. |
MLA | Frank, Franziska,et al."Investigating the yield of H2O and H-2 from methane oxidation in the stratosphere".ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 18.13(2018):9955-9973. |
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