Articles | Volume 22, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10467-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10467-2022
Research article
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17 Aug 2022
Research article |  | 17 Aug 2022

Investigating the global OH radical distribution using steady-state approximations and satellite data

Matilda A. Pimlott, Richard J. Pope, Brian J. Kerridge, Barry G. Latter, Diane S. Knappett, Dwayne E. Heard, Lucy J. Ventress, Richard Siddans, Wuhu Feng, and Martyn P. Chipperfield

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Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on acp-2022-79', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Feb 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on acp-2022-79', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Mar 2022
  • AC1: 'Author Comment on acp-2022-79', Matilda Pimlott, 13 May 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Matilda Pimlott on behalf of the Authors (17 Jun 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Jun 2022) by Bryan N. Duncan
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (23 Jun 2022)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Jun 2022)
ED: Publish as is (23 Jun 2022) by Bryan N. Duncan
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Short summary
We present a new method to derive global information of the hydroxyl radical (OH), an important atmospheric oxidant. OH controls the lifetime of trace gases important to air quality and climate. We use satellite observations of ozone, carbon monoxide, methane and water vapour in a simple expression to derive OH around 3–4 km altitude. The derived OH compares well to model and aircraft OH data. We then apply the method to 10 years of satellite data to study the inter-annual variability of OH.
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