Limits on the ability of global Eulerian models to resolve intercontinental transport of chemical plumes

Eastham, Sebastian D.; Jacob, Daniel J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2543-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2543-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2543-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 4

Research article

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20 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 20 Feb 2017

Limits on the ability of global Eulerian models to resolve intercontinental transport of chemical plumes

Sebastian D. Eastham and Daniel J. Jacob

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RC1: 'review', Andreas Stohl, 01 Dec 2016
SC1: 'Additional references on the ability of models to resolve the layered structures of ozone plumes', Meiyun Lin, 14 Dec 2016
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Dec 2016
AC1: 'Response to reviewers', Sebastian Eastham, 29 Jan 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Sebastian Eastham on behalf of the Authors (29 Jan 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Feb 2017) by Federico Fierli

RR by Andreas Stohl (01 Feb 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 Feb 2017)

ED: Publish as is (02 Feb 2017) by Federico Fierli

AR by Sebastian Eastham on behalf of the Authors (06 Feb 2017)

Short summary

Intercontinental atmospheric transport can disrupt local chemistry and cause air quality issues thousands of kilometers from the source, complicating correct attribution of air quality exceedances. This transport occurs in long, thin plumes which current-generation models consistently fail to reproduce. Our study investigates the cause of this failure, finding that greater vertical resolution than is currently available is required to reliably resolve the plumes and their effects.