Modeling intercontinental transport of ozone in North America with CAMx for the Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII) Phase 3

Nopmongcol, Uarporn; Liu, Zhen; Stoeckenius, Till; Yarwood, Greg

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9931-2017

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24 Aug 2017

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| 24 Aug 2017

Modeling intercontinental transport of ozone in North America with CAMx for the Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII) Phase 3

Uarporn Nopmongcol, Zhen Liu, Till Stoeckenius, and Greg Yarwood

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The CAMx regional model was used to examine contribution of intercontinental transport over North America as part of AQMEII Phase III. Largest boundary condition (BC) contributions to ozone (O₃) are from the mid-troposphere. Lower emissions in Asia by 20 % causes a near-linear relationship between the BC O₃ changes and surface O₃ changes in the western US, but the changes are less than 1 ppb. Using inert tracers leads to high bias over 10 ppb compared to using chemically reactive tracers.