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@ARTICLE{Robrecht:890654,
author = {Robrecht, Sabine and Vogel, Bärbel and Tilmes, Simone and
Müller, Rolf},
title = {{P}otential of future stratospheric ozone loss in the
midlatitudes under global warming and sulfate
geoengineering},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {21},
number = {4},
issn = {1680-7316},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-01102},
pages = {2427 - 2455},
year = {2021},
abstract = {The potential of heterogeneous chlorine activation in the
midlatitude lowermost stratosphere during summer is a matter
of debate. The occurrence of heterogeneous chlorine
activation through the presence of aerosol particles could
cause ozone destruction. This chemical process requires low
temperatures and is accelerated by an enhancement of the
stratospheric water vapour and sulfate amount. In
particular, the conditions present in the lowermost
stratosphere during the North American Summer Monsoon season
(NAM) are expected to be cold and moist enough to cause the
occurrence of heterogeneous chlorine activation.
Furthermore, the temperatures, the water vapour mixing ratio
and the sulfate aerosol abundance are affected by future
global warming and by the potential application of sulfate
geoengineering. Hence, both future scenarios could promote
this ozone destruction process.We investigate the likelihood
of the occurrence of heterogeneous chlorine activation and
its impact on ozone in the lowermost-stratospheric mixing
layer between tropospheric and stratospheric air above
central North America (30.6–49.6∘ N,
72.25–124.75∘ W) in summer for conditions today, at
the middle and at the end of the 21st century. Therefore,
the results of the Geoengineering Large Ensemble Simulations
(GLENS) for the lowermost-stratospheric mixing layer between
tropospheric and stratospheric air are considered together
with 10-day box-model simulations performed with the
Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS). In
GLENS two future scenarios are simulated: the RCP8.5 global
warming scenario and a geoengineering scenario, where sulfur
is additionally injected into the stratosphere to keep the
global mean surface temperature from changing.In the GLENS
simulations, the mixing layer will warm and moisten in both
future scenarios with a larger effect in the geoengineering
scenario. The likelihood of chlorine activation occurring in
the mixing layer is highest in the years 2040–2050 if
geoengineering is applied, accounting for $3.3 \%.$ In
comparison, the likelihood of conditions today is
$1.0 \%.$ At the end of the 21st century, the likelihood
of this ozone destruction process occurring decreases. We
found that $0.1 \%$ of the ozone mixing ratios in the
mixing layer above central North America is destroyed for
conditions today. A maximum ozone destruction of $0.3 \%$
in the mixing layer occurs in the years 2040–2050 if
geoengineering is applied. Comparing the southernmost
latitude band (30–35∘ N) and the northernmost latitude
band (44–49∘ N) of the considered region, we found a
higher likelihood of the occurrence of heterogeneous
chlorine activation in the southernmost latitude band,
causing a higher impact on ozone as well. However, the ozone
loss process is found to have a minor impact on the
midlatitude ozone column.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {211 - Die Atmosphäre im globalen Wandel (POF4-211)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-211},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000621375300001},
doi = {10.5194/acp-21-2427-2021},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/890654},
}