Impact of methane and other precursor emission reductions on surface ozone in Europe: scenario analysis using the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) Meteorological Synthesizing Centre – West (MSC-W) model

van Caspel, Willem E.; Klimont, Zbigniew; Heyes, Chris; Fagerli, Hilde

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-11545-2024

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Research article |

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Impact of methane and other precursor emission reductions on surface ozone in Europe: scenario analysis using the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) Meteorological Synthesizing Centre – West (MSC-W) model

Willem E. van Caspel, Zbigniew Klimont, Chris Heyes, and Hilde Fagerli

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-11545-2024-supplement

Data sets

Dataset supporting the article: Impact of methane and other precursor emission reductions on surface ozone in Europe: Scenario analysis using the EMEP MSC-W model W. E. van Caspel et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13287103

Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS): The European Research Infrastructure Supporting Atmospheric Science (https://dc.actris.nilu.no/) P. Laj et al. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0064.1

Introduction to the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) and observed atmospheric composition change during 1972–2009 (https://ebas.nilu.no/) K. Tørseth et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-5447-2012

Model code and software

OpenSource v5.0 (202310) EMEP MSC-W https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8431553

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Methane in the atmosphere contributes to the production of ozone gas – an air pollutant and greenhouse gas. Our results highlight that simultaneous reductions in methane emissions help avoid offsetting the air pollution benefits already achieved by the already-approved precursor emission reductions by 2050 in the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme region, while also playing an important role in bringing air pollution further down towards World Health Organization guideline limits.