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Research article
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13 May 2016
Research article |
| 13 May 2016
Modeling lightning-NOx chemistry on a sub-grid scale in a global chemical transport model
Alicia Gressent
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
LA, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Bastien Sauvage
LA, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Daniel Cariolle
Météo France, Toulouse, France
Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique, CERFACS, Toulouse, France
Mathew Evans
The Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, University of York, York, UK
Maud Leriche
LA, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Céline Mari
LA, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Valérie Thouret
LA, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Global high-resolution simulations of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide using CHASER V4.0 T. Sekiya et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-959-2018
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- Characterization of reactive oxidized nitrogen in the global upper troposphere using recent and historic commercial and research aircraft campaigns and GEOS-Chem N. Wei et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-7925-2025
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- Revisiting Lightning Activity and Parameterization Using Geostationary Satellite Observations X. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13193866
- On the local anthropogenic source diversities and transboundary transport for urban agglomeration ozone mitigation Y. Yan et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.118005
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- Impact of Lightning NOx Emissions on Atmospheric Composition and Meteorology in Africa and Europe L. Menut et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11101128
- Chemistry–climate interactions of aerosol nitrate from lightning H. Tost https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1125-2017
- Quantifying the impact of global nitrate aerosol on tropospheric composition fields and its production from lightning NOx A. Luhar et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-14005-2024
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Short summary
In chemical transport models, NOx emitted by lightning (LNOx) is instantaneously diluted into the grid. A plume-in-grid parameterization to account for the sub-grid chemistry of LNOx is presented. This approach was implemented into the GEOS-Chem model and leads to a relative increase of NOx and O3 (18 % and 2 %, respectively, in July) on a large scale downwind of lightning emissions and a relative decrease (25 % and 8 %, respectively, over central Africa in July) over the regions of emissions.
In chemical transport models, NOx emitted by lightning (LNOx) is instantaneously diluted into...
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