Impacts of heterogeneous uptake of dinitrogen pentoxide and chlorine activation on ozone and reactive nitrogen partitioning: improvement and application of the WRF-Chem model in southern China

Li, Qinyi; Zhang, Li; Wang, Tao; Tham, Yee Jun; Ahmadov, Ravan; Xue, Likun; Zhang, Qiang; Zheng, Junyu

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14875-2016

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Impacts of heterogeneous uptake of dinitrogen pentoxide and chlorine activation on ozone and reactive nitrogen partitioning: improvement and application of the WRF-Chem model in southern China

Qinyi Li, Li Zhang, Tao Wang, Yee Jun Tham, Ravan Ahmadov, Likun Xue, Qiang Zhang, and Junyu Zheng

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RC1: 'Comments on Li et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jun 2016
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The regional distributions and impacts of N₂O₅ and ClNO₂ remain poorly understood. To address the problem, we developed a chemical transport model further and conducted the first high-resolution simulation of the distributions of the two species. Our research demonstrated the significant impacts of the two gases on the lifetime of nitrogen oxides, secondary nitrate production and ozone formation in southern China and highlighted the necessity of considering this chemistry in air quality models.