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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-597-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-597-2025
Research article
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17 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 17 Jan 2025

Tropical upper-tropospheric trends in ozone and carbon monoxide (2005–2020): observational and model results

Lucien Froidevaux, Douglas E. Kinnison, Benjamin Gaubert, Michael J. Schwartz, Nathaniel J. Livesey, William G. Read, Charles G. Bardeen, Jerry R. Ziemke, and Ryan A. Fuller

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We compare observed changes in ozone (O3) and carbon monoxide (CO) in the tropical upper troposphere (10–15 km altitude) for 2005–2020 to predictions from model simulations that track the evolution of natural and industrial emissions transported to this region. An increasing trend in measured upper-tropospheric O3 is well matched by model trends. We find that changes in modeled industrial CO surface emissions lead to better model agreement with observed slight decreases in upper-tropospheric CO.
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