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Título: | A semi-empirical model for mesospheric and stratospheric NOy produced by energetic particle precipitation |
Autor: | Funke, Bernd CSIC ORCID; López-Puertas, Manuel CSIC ORCID; Stiller, Gabriele P.; Versick, Stefan; von Clarmann, Thomas | Fecha de publicación: | 15-jul-2016 | Editor: | Copernicus Publications | Citación: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 16: 8667-8693 (2016) | Resumen: | The MIPAS Fourier transform spectrometer on board Envisat has measured global distributions of the six principal reactive nitrogen (NOy) compounds (HNO3, NO2, NO, N2O5, ClONO2, and HNO4) during 2002-2012. These observations were used previously to detect regular polar winter descent of reactive nitrogen produced by energetic particle precipitation (EPP) down to the lower stratosphere, often called the EPP indirect effect. It has further been shown that the observed fraction of NOy produced by EPP (EPP-NOy) has a nearly linear relationship with the geomagnetic Ap index when taking into account the time lag introduced by transport. Here we exploit these results in a semiempirical model for computation of EPP-modulated NOy densities and wintertime downward fluxes through stratospheric and mesospheric pressure levels. Since the Ap dependence of EPP-NOy is distorted during episodes of strong descent in Arctic winters associated with elevated stratopause events, a specific parameterization has been developed for these episodes. This model accurately reproduces the observations from MIPAS and is also consistent with estimates from other satellite instruments. Since stratospheric EPP-NOy depositions lead to changes in stratospheric ozone with possible implications for climate, the model presented here can be utilized in climate simulations without the need to incorporate many thermospheric and upper mesospheric processes. By employing historical geomagnetic indices, the model also allows for reconstruction of the EPP indirect effect since 1850. We found secular variations of solar cycle-averaged stratospheric EPP-NOy depositions on the order of 1 GM. In particular, we model a reduction of the EPP-NOy deposition rate during the last 3 decades, related to the coincident decline of geomagnetic activity that corresponds to 1.8% of the NOy production rate by N2O oxidation. As the decline of the geomagnetic activity level is expected to continue in the coming decades, this is likely to affect the long-term NOy trend by counteracting the expected increase caused by growing N2O emissions. | Versión del editor: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8667-2016 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/139286 | DOI: | 10.5194/acp-16-8667-2016 | ISSN: | 1680-7316 | E-ISSN: | 1680-7324 |
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