Impact of El Niño–Southern Oscillation on the interannual variability of methane and tropospheric ozone

Rowlinson, Matthew J.; Rap, Alexandru; Arnold, Stephen R.; Pope, Richard J.; Chipperfield, Martyn P.; McNorton, Joe; Forster, Piers; Gordon, Hamish; Pringle, Kirsty J.; Feng, Wuhu; Kerridge, Brian J.; Latter, Barry L.; Siddans, Richard

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8669-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8669-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8669-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 13

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09 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 09 Jul 2019

Impact of El Niño–Southern Oscillation on the interannual variability of methane and tropospheric ozone

Matthew J. Rowlinson, Alexandru Rap, Stephen R. Arnold, Richard J. Pope, Martyn P. Chipperfield, Joe McNorton, Piers Forster, Hamish Gordon, Kirsty J. Pringle, Wuhu Feng, Brian J. Kerridge, Barry L. Latter, and Richard Siddans

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Wildfires and meteorology have a substantial effect on atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases such as methane and ozone. During the 1997 El Niño event, unusually large fire emissions indirectly increased global methane through carbon monoxide emission, which decreased the oxidation capacity of the atmosphere. There were also large regional changes to tropospheric ozone concentrations, but contrasting effects of fire and meteorology resulted in a small change to global radiative forcing.