Positive and negative influences of typhoons on tropospheric ozone over southern China

Chen, Zhixiong; Liu, Jane; Cheng, Xugeng; Yang, Mengmiao; Wang, Hong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16911-2021

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23 Nov 2021

Research article |

| 23 Nov 2021

Positive and negative influences of typhoons on tropospheric ozone over southern China

Zhixiong Chen, Jane Liu, Xugeng Cheng, Mengmiao Yang, and Hong Wang

Data sets

An overview of the China Meteorological Administration Tropical Cyclone Database (http://tcdata.typhoon.org.cn/zjljsjj_sm.html) M. Ying, W. Zhang, H. Yu, X. Lu, J. Feng, Y. Fan, Y. Zhu, and D. Chen https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00119.1

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Severe Surface Ozone Pollution in China: A Global Perspective (http://106.37.208.233:20035/) X. Lu, J. Hong, L. Zhang, O. R. Cooper, M. G. Schultz, X. Xu, T. Wang, M. Gao, Y. Zhao, and Y. Zhang https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00366

The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) (https://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/reanalysis/MERRA-2) R. Gelaro, W. McCarty, M. J. Suarez, R. Todling, ,A. Molod, L. Takacs, C. A. Randles, A. Darmenov, M. G. Bosilovich, R. Reichle, K. Wargan, L. Coy, R. Cullather, C. Draper, S. Akella, V. Buchard, A. Conaty, A. M. da Silva, W. Gu, G. K. Kim, R. Koster, ,R. Lucchesi, D. Merkova, J. E. Nielsen, G. Partyka, S. Pawson, W. Putman, M. Rienecker, S. D Schubert, M. Sienkiewicz, and B. Zhao https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-16-0758.1

Short summary

Using a large ensemble of typhoons, we investigate the impacts of evolving typhoons on tropospheric ozone and address the linkages between typhoon-affected meteorological conditions and ozone variations. The influences of typhoon-induced stratospheric intrusions on lower-troposphere ozone are also quantified. Thus, the results obtained in this study have important implications for a full understanding of the multifaced roles of typhoons in modulating tropospheric ozone variation.