A study of the effect of aerosols on surface ozone through meteorology feedbacks over China

Qu, Yawei; Voulgarakis, Apostolos; Wang, Tijian; Kasoar, Matthew; Wells, Chris; Yuan, Cheng; Varma, Sunil; Mansfield, Laura

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5705-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5705-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5705-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 7

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15 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 15 Apr 2021

A study of the effect of aerosols on surface ozone through meteorology feedbacks over China

Yawei Qu, Apostolos Voulgarakis, Tijian Wang, Matthew Kasoar, Chris Wells, Cheng Yuan, Sunil Varma, and Laura Mansfield

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The meteorological effect of aerosols on tropospheric ozone is investigated using global atmospheric modelling. We found that aerosol-induced meteorological effects act to reduce modelled ozone concentrations over China, which brings the simulation closer to observed levels. Our work sheds light on understudied processes affecting the levels of tropospheric gaseous pollutants and provides a basis for evaluating such processes using a combination of observations and model sensitivity experiments.