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- Title
Cyclone-Induced Surface Ozone and HDO Depletion in the Arctic.
- Authors
Xiaoyi Zhao; Weaver, Dan; Bognar, Kristof; Manney, Gloria; Millán, Luis; Xin Yang; Eloranta, Edwin; Schneider, Matthias; Strong, Kimberly
- Abstract
Ground-based, satellite, and reanalysis datasets were used to identify two similar cyclone-induced surface ozone depletion events at Eureka, Canada (80.1°â€‰N, 86.4°â€‰W), in March 2007 and April 2011. These two events were coincident with observations of HDO depletion, indicating that condensation and sublimation occurred during the transport of the ozone-depleted airmasses. Ice clouds (vapour and crystals) and aerosols were detected by lidar and radar when the ozone- and HDO-depleted airmasses arrived over Eureka. For the 2007 event, an ice cloud layer was coincident with an aloft ozone depletion layer at 870 m altitude on 2-3 March, indicating this ice cloud layer contained bromine-enriched blowing snow particles. Over the following three days, a shallow surface ozone depletion event (ODE) was observed at Eureka after the precipitation of bromine-enriched particles onto the local snow pack. A chemistry climate model (UKCA) and a chemical transport model (pTOMCAT) were used to simulate the surface ozone depletion events. Incorporating the latest surface snow salinity data obtained for the Weddell Sea into the models resulted in improved agreement between the modelled and measured BrO concentrations above Eureka. MERRA-2 global reanalysis data and the FLEXPART particle dispersion model were used to study the link between the ozone and HDO depletion. In general, the modelled ozone and BrO showed good agreement with the ground-based observations, however the modelled BrO and ozone in the near surface layer are quite sensitive to the snow salinity. HDO depletion observed during these two blowing-snow ODEs was found to be weaker than pure Rayleigh fractionation. This work provides evidence of a blowing-snow sublimation process, which is a key step in producing bromine-enriched sea-salt aerosol.
- Subjects
CYCLONES; OZONE layer depletion; ICE clouds; LIDAR; RADAR -- Optical equipment; ATMOSPHERIC models
- Publication
Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions, 2017, p1
- ISSN
1680-7367
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/acp-2017-427