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Research article
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27 May 2021
Research article |
| 27 May 2021
| 27 May 2021
Pollution trace gases C2H6, C2H2, HCOOH, and PAN in the North Atlantic UTLS: observations and simulations
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Felix Friedl-Vallon
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Norbert Glatthor
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Jens-Uwe Grooß
Research centre Jülich, Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Stratosphere (IEK-7), Jülich, Germany
Thomas Gulde
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Michael Höpfner
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Sören Johansson
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Farahnaz Khosrawi
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Oliver Kirner
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Steinbuch Centre for Computing,
Karlsruhe, Germany
Anne Kleinert
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Erik Kretschmer
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Guido Maucher
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Hans Nordmeyer
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Hermann Oelhaf
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Johannes Orphal
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Christof Piesch
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Björn-Martin Sinnhuber
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Jörn Ungermann
Research centre Jülich, Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Stratosphere (IEK-7), Jülich, Germany
Bärbel Vogel
Research centre Jülich, Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Stratosphere (IEK-7), Jülich, Germany
Data sets
GLORIA data for: Pollution trace gases C2H6, C2H2, HCOOH, and PAN in the North Atlantic UTLS: observations and simulations G. Wetzel, S. Johansson, M. Höpfner, J. Ungermann, N. Glatthor, F. Friedl-Vallon, and E. Kretschmer https://halo-db.pa.op.dlr.de/mission/96
Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) Reanalysis ECMWF https://apps.ecmwf.int/data-catalogues/cams-reanalysis/
Short summary
Measurements of the pollutants C2H6, C2H2, HCOOH, and PAN were performed in the North Atlantic UTLS region with the airborne limb imager GLORIA in 2017. Enhanced amounts of these species were detected in the upper troposphere and even in the lowermost stratosphere (PAN). Main sources of these gases are forest fires in North America and anthropogenic pollution in South Asia. Simulations of EMAC and CAMS are qualitatively able to reproduce the measured data but underestimate the absolute amounts.
Measurements of the pollutants C2H6, C2H2, HCOOH, and PAN were performed in the North Atlantic...
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