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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9081-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9081-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
27 Jul 2017
Research article |
| 27 Jul 2017
Global atmospheric chemistry – which air matters
Department of Earth System Science, University of California,
Irvine, CA 92697-3100, USA
Xin Zhu
Department of Earth System Science, University of California,
Irvine, CA 92697-3100, USA
Clare M. Flynn
Department of Earth System Science, University of California,
Irvine, CA 92697-3100, USA
Sarah A. Strode
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD, USA
Universities Space Research Association (USRA),
GESTAR, Columbia, MD, USA
Jose M. Rodriguez
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD, USA
Stephen D. Steenrod
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD, USA
Universities Space Research Association (USRA),
GESTAR, Columbia, MD, USA
Junhua Liu
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD, USA
Universities Space Research Association (USRA),
GESTAR, Columbia, MD, USA
Jean-Francois Lamarque
Atmospheric Chemistry, Observations and
Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
80301, USA
Arlene M. Fiore
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY,
USA
Larry W. Horowitz
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Princeton, NJ, USA
Jingqiu Mao
Geophysical
Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks,
Fairbanks, AK, USA
Lee T. Murray
Department of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627-0221, USA
Drew T. Shindell
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC,
USA
Steven C. Wofsy
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Data sets
ATom data NASA https://espoarchive.nasa.gov/archive/browse/atom
ATom Model files NASA https://espoarchive.nasa.gov/archive/browse/atom/Model
Short summary
We present a new approach for comparing atmospheric chemistry models with measurements based on what these models are used to do, i.e., calculate changes in ozone and methane, prime greenhouse gases. This method anticipates a new type of measurements from the NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission. In comparing the mixture of species within air parcels, we focus on those responsible for key chemical changes and weight these parcels by their chemical reactivity.
We present a new approach for comparing atmospheric chemistry models with measurements based on...
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