Implication of strongly increased atmospheric methane concentrations for chemistry–climate connections

Winterstein, Franziska; Tanalski, Fabian; Jöckel, Patrick; Dameris, Martin; Ponater, Michael

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7151-2019

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29 May 2019

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Implication of strongly increased atmospheric methane concentrations for chemistry–climate connections

Franziska Winterstein, Fabian Tanalski, Patrick Jöckel, Martin Dameris, and Michael Ponater

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RC1: 'Review of Winterstein et al', Christopher Smith, 19 Feb 2019
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- AC2: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', F. Winterstein, 14 Apr 2019

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The atmospheric concentrations of the anthropogenic greenhouse gas methane are predicted to rise in the future. In this paper we investigate how very strong methane concentrations will impact the atmosphere. We analyse two experiments, one with doubled and one with quintupled methane concentrations and focus on the rapid atmospheric changes before the ocean adjusts to the induced forcing. In particular these are changes in temperature, ozone, the hydroxyl radical and stratospheric water vapour.