Articles | Volume 25, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-5557-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-5557-2025
Research article
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04 Jun 2025
Research article |  | 04 Jun 2025

Sensitivity of climate–chemistry model simulated atmospheric composition to the application of an inverse relationship between NOx emission and lightning flash frequency

Francisco J. Pérez-Invernón, Francisco J. Gordillo-Vázquez, Heidi Huntrieser, Patrick Jöckel, and Eric J. Bucsela

Data sets

Monthly averaged lightning and trace gases data extracted from EMAC simulations (2007, T42L90MA resolution) F. J. Pérez-Invernón et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13968463

Model code and software

The Modular Earth Submodel System MESSy-Consortium https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8360276

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Lightning plays a significant role in tropospheric chemistry by producing substantial amounts of nitrogen oxides. According to recent estimates, thunderstorms that produce a higher lightning frequency rate also produce less nitrogen oxide per flash. We implemented the dependency of nitrogen oxide production per flash on lightning flash frequency in a chemical atmospheric model.
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