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@ARTICLE{Woiwode:185586,
author = {Woiwode, W. and Grooß, J.-U. and Oelhaf, H. and Molleker,
S. and Borrmann, S. and Ebersoldt, A. and Frey, W. and
Gulde, T. and Khaykin, S. and Maucher, G. and Piesch, C. and
Orphal, J.},
title = {{D}enitrification by large {NAT} particles: the impact of
reduced settling velocities and hints on particle
characteristics},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {14},
number = {20},
issn = {1680-7324},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2014-07012},
pages = {11525 - 11544},
year = {2014},
abstract = {Vertical redistribution of HNO3 through large
HNO3-containing particles associated with polar
stratospheric clouds (PSCs) plays an important role in the
chemistry of the Arctic winter stratosphere. During the
RECONCILE (Reconciliation of essential process parameters
for an enhanced predictability of Arctic stratospheric ozone
loss and its climate interactions) campaign, apparently very
large NAT (nitric acid trihydrate) particles were observed
by the airborne in situ probe FSSP-100 (Molleker et al.,
2014). Our analysis shows that the FSSP-100 observations
associated with the flight on 25 January 2010 cannot easily
be explained assuming compact spherical NAT particles due to
much too short growing time at temperatures below the
existence temperature of NAT (TNAT). State-of-the-art
simulations using CLaMS (Chemical Lagrangian Model of the
Stratosphere; Grooß et al., 2014) suggest considerably
smaller particles. We consider the hypothesis that the
simulation reproduces the NAT particle masses in a realistic
way, but that real NAT particles may have larger apparent
sizes compared to compact spherical particles, e.g. due to
non-compact morphology or aspheric shape. Our study focuses
on the consequence that such particles would have reduced
settling velocities compared to compact spheres, altering
the vertical redistribution of HNO3. Utilising CLaMS
simulations, we investigate the impact of reduced settling
velocities of NAT particles on vertical HNO3 redistribution
and compare the results with observations of gas-phase HNO3
by the airborne Fourier transform spectrometer MIPAS-STR
associated with two RECONCILE flights. The MIPAS-STR
observations confirm conditions consistent with
denitrification by NAT particles for the flight on 25
January 2010 and show good agreement with the simulations
within the limitations of the comparison. Best agreement is
found if settling velocities between 100 and $50\%$ relative
to compact spherical particles are considered (slight
preference for the $70\%$ scenario). In contrast, relative
settling velocities of $30\%$ result in too weak vertical
HNO3 redistribution. Sensitivity simulations considering
temperature biases of ±1 K and multiplying the simulated
nucleation rates by factors of 0.5 and 2.0 affect the
comparisons to a similar extent, but result in no effective
improvement compared to the reference scenario. Our results
show that an accurate knowledge of the settling velocities
of NAT particles is important for quantitative simulations
of vertical HNO3 redistribution.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {234 - Composition and Dynamics of the Upper Troposphere and
Stratosphere (POF2-234)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-234},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000344165800032},
doi = {10.5194/acp-14-11525-2014},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/185586},
}