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Articles | Volume 25, issue 15
Articles | Volume 25, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-8929-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-8929-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 15
Research article
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14 Aug 2025
Research article |  | 14 Aug 2025

Contributions of lightning to long-term trends and inter-annual variability in global atmospheric chemistry constrained by Schumann resonance observations

Xiaobo Wang, Yuzhong Zhang, Tamás Bozóki, Ruosi Liang, Xinchun Xie, Shutao Zhao, Rui Wang, Yujia Zhao, and Shuai Sun

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Schumann resonance observations are used to parameterise lightning NOx emissions to better capture global lightning trends and variability. Updated simulations reveal insignificant trends but greater variability in lightning NOx emissions, impacting tropospheric NOx, O3, and OH. Lightning generally counteracts non-lightning factors, reducing the inter-annual variability of tropospheric O3 and OH. Variations in global lightning play an important role in understanding the atmospheric methane budget.
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