Combined impacts of nitrous acid and nitryl chloride on lower-tropospheric ozone: new module development in WRF-Chem and application to China

Zhang, Li; Li, Qinyi; Wang, Tao; Ahmadov, Ravan; Zhang, Qiang; Li, Meng; Lv, Mengyao

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9733-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 16

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 9733–9750, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9733-2017

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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 9733–9750, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9733-2017

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

Articles | Volume 17, issue 16

Research article 17 Aug 2017

Research article | 17 Aug 2017

Combined impacts of nitrous acid and nitryl chloride on lower-tropospheric ozone: new module development in WRF-Chem and application to China

Li Zhang et al.

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Short summary

Little is known of the integrated impacts of HONO and ClNO₂ on lower-tropospheric ozone so far. In this study, we updated WRF-Chem with the CBMZ_ReNOM module, which considers both the sources and chemistry of HONO and ClNO₂. The revised model revealed that the two reactive nitrogen compounds significantly affected the oxidation capacity and ozone formation at the surface and within the lower troposphere over polluted regions and noticeably improved summertime O₃ predictions over China.