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@ARTICLE{Vogel:1087,
author = {Vogel, B. and Konopka, P. and Grooß, J. U. and Müller, R.
and Funke, M. and Lopez-Puertas, M. and Reddmann, T. and
Stiller, G. and von Clarmann, T. and Riese, M.},
title = {{M}odel simulations of stratospheric ozone loss caused by
enhanced mesospheric {NO}x during {A}rctic {W}inter
2003/2004},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {8},
issn = {1680-7316},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {PreJuSER-1087},
pages = {5279 - 5293},
year = {2008},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {Satellite observations show that the enormous solar proton
events (SPEs) in October-November 2003 had significant
effects on the composition of the stratosphere and
mesosphere in the polar regions. After the October-November
2003 SPEs and in early 2004, significant enhancements of
NOx(=NO+NO2) in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere
in the Northern Hemisphere were observed by several
satellite instruments. Here we present global full chemistry
calculations performed with the CLaMS model to study the
impact of mesospheric NOx intrusions on Arctic polar ozone
loss processes in the stratosphere. Several model
simulations are preformed with different upper boundary
conditions for NOx at 2000 K potential temperature
(approximate to 50 km altitude). In our study we focus on
the impact of the non-local production of NOx, which means
the downward transport of enhanced NOx from the mesosphere
to the stratosphere. The local production of NOx in the
stratosphere is neglected. Our findings show that intrusions
of mesospheric air into the stratosphere, transporting high
burdens of NOx, affect the composition of the Arctic polar
region down to about 400 K (approximate to 17-18 km). We
compare our simulated NOx and O-3 mixing ratios with
satellite observations by ACE-FTS and MIPAS processed at
IMK/IAA and derive an upper limit for the ozone loss caused
by enhanced mesospheric NOx. Our findings show that in the
Arctic polar vortex (equivalent lat. > 70 degrees N) the
accumulated column ozone loss between 350-2000 K potential
temperature (approximate to 14-50 km altitude) caused by the
SPEs in October-November 2003 in the stratosphere is up to
3.3 DU with an upper limit of 5.5 DU until end of November.
Further, we found that about 10 DU, but in any case lower
than 18 DU, accumulated ozone loss additionally occurred
until end of March 2004 caused by the transport of
mesospheric NOx-rich air in early 2004. The
solar-proton-produced NOx above 55 km due to the SPEs of
October-November 2003 had a negligibly small impact on ozone
loss processes through the end of November in the lower
stratosphere (350-700 K approximate to 14-27 km). The
mesospheric NOx intrusions in early 2004 yielded a lower
stratospheric ozone loss of about 3.5 DU, and clearly lower
than 6.5 DU through the end of March. Overall, the non-local
production of NOx is an additional variability in the
existing variations of the ozone loss observed in the
Arctic.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-1},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB790},
pnm = {Atmosphäre und Klima},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK406},
shelfmark = {Meteorology $\&$ Atmospheric Sciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000259221400014},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1087},
}