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TY - JOUR
T1 - Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report
T2 - A critical review of changes in the tropospheric ozone burden and budget from 1960–2100
AU - Archibald, A. T.
AU - Neu, J. L.
AU - Elshorbany, Y.
AU - Cooper, O. R.
AU - Young, P.J.
AU - Akiyoshi, H.
AU - Cox, R.A.
AU - Coyle, M.
AU - Derwent, R.
AU - Deushi, M.
AU - Finco, A.
AU - Frost, G.J.
AU - Galbally, I. E.
AU - Gerosa, G.
AU - Granier, C.
AU - Griffiths, P.T.
AU - Hossaini, R.
AU - Hu, L.
AU - Jöckel, P.
AU - Josse, B.
AU - Mertens, M.
AU - Morgenstern, O.
AU - Naja, M.
AU - Naik, V.
AU - Oltmans, S.
AU - Plummer, D.A.
AU - Revell, L.E.
AU - Saiz-Lopez, A.
AU - Saxena, P.
AU - Shin, Y.M.
AU - Shaahid, I.
AU - Shallcross, D.
AU - Tilmes, S.
AU - Trickl, T.
AU - Wallington, T. J.
AU - Worden, H. M.
AU - Zeng, G.
PY - 2020/12/30
Y1 - 2020/12/30
N2 - Our understanding of the processes that control the burden and budget of tropospheric ozone have changed dramatically over the last 60 years. Models are the key tools used to understand these changes and these underscore that there are many processes important in controlling the tropospheric ozone budget. In this critical review we assess our evolving understanding of these processes, both physical and chemical. We review model simulations from the IGAC Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project and Chemistry ClimateModelling Initiative (CCMI) to assess the changes in the tropospheric ozone burden and its budget from 1850-2010. Analysis of these data indicates that there has been significant growth in the ozone burden from 1850-2000 (~ 43±9%), but smaller growth between 1960-2000 (~16±10%) and that the models simulate burdens of ozone well within recent satellite estimates.The CCMI model ozone budgets indicate that the net chemical production of ozone in the troposphere plateaued in the 1990s and has not changed since then inspite of increases in the burden. There has been a shift in net ozone production in the troposphere being greatest in the Northern mid and high latitudes to the Northern tropics; driven by the regional evolution of precursor emissions. An analysis of the evolution of tropospheric ozone through the 21st century, as simulated by CMIP5 models, reveals a large source of uncertainty associated withmodels themselves (i.e. in the way that they simulate the chemical and physical processes that control tropospheric ozone). This structural uncertainty is greatest in the near term (two to three decades) but emissions scenarios dominate uncertainty in the longer-term (2050-2100) evolution of tropospheric ozone. This intrinsic model uncertainty prevents robust predictions of near-term changes in the tropospheric ozone burden, and we review how progress can be made to reduce this limitation.
AB - Our understanding of the processes that control the burden and budget of tropospheric ozone have changed dramatically over the last 60 years. Models are the key tools used to understand these changes and these underscore that there are many processes important in controlling the tropospheric ozone budget. In this critical review we assess our evolving understanding of these processes, both physical and chemical. We review model simulations from the IGAC Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project and Chemistry ClimateModelling Initiative (CCMI) to assess the changes in the tropospheric ozone burden and its budget from 1850-2010. Analysis of these data indicates that there has been significant growth in the ozone burden from 1850-2000 (~ 43±9%), but smaller growth between 1960-2000 (~16±10%) and that the models simulate burdens of ozone well within recent satellite estimates.The CCMI model ozone budgets indicate that the net chemical production of ozone in the troposphere plateaued in the 1990s and has not changed since then inspite of increases in the burden. There has been a shift in net ozone production in the troposphere being greatest in the Northern mid and high latitudes to the Northern tropics; driven by the regional evolution of precursor emissions. An analysis of the evolution of tropospheric ozone through the 21st century, as simulated by CMIP5 models, reveals a large source of uncertainty associated withmodels themselves (i.e. in the way that they simulate the chemical and physical processes that control tropospheric ozone). This structural uncertainty is greatest in the near term (two to three decades) but emissions scenarios dominate uncertainty in the longer-term (2050-2100) evolution of tropospheric ozone. This intrinsic model uncertainty prevents robust predictions of near-term changes in the tropospheric ozone burden, and we review how progress can be made to reduce this limitation.
KW - Ozone
KW - Tropospheric chemistry
KW - Ozone budget
KW - Chemistry transport models
KW - Tropospheric ozone
U2 - 10.1525/elementa.2020.034
DO - 10.1525/elementa.2020.034
M3 - Journal article
VL - 8
JO - Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
JF - Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
SN - 2325-1026
IS - 1
M1 - 034
ER -