000891839 001__ 891839 000891839 005__ 20240712101015.0 000891839 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.5194/acp-20-12347-2020 000891839 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1680-7316 000891839 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1680-7324 000891839 0247_ $$2Handle$$a2128/27624 000891839 0247_ $$2altmetric$$aaltmetric:93335019 000891839 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000583032000004 000891839 037__ $$aFZJ-2021-01762 000891839 082__ $$a550 000891839 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)173788$$aRosanka, Simon$$b0 000891839 245__ $$aThe impact of weather patterns and related transport processes on aviation's contribution to ozone and methane concentrations from NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> emissions 000891839 260__ $$aKatlenburg-Lindau$$bEGU$$c2020 000891839 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000891839 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000891839 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1618488113_25319 000891839 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000891839 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000891839 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000891839 520__ $$aAviation-attributed climate impact depends on a combination of composition changes in trace gases due to emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and non-CO2 species. Nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) emissions induce an increase in ozone (O3) and a depletion of methane (CH4), leading to a climate warming and a cooling, respectively. In contrast to CO2, non-CO2 contributions to the atmospheric composition are short lived and are thus characterised by a high spatial and temporal variability. In this study, we investigate the influence of weather patterns and their related transport processes on composition changes caused by aviation-attributed NOx emissions. This is achieved by using the atmospheric chemistry model EMAC (ECHAM/MESSy). Representative weather situations were simulated in which unit NOx emissions are initialised in specific air parcels at typical flight altitudes over the North Atlantic flight sector. By explicitly calculating contributions to the O3 and CH4 concentrations induced by these emissions, interactions between trace gas composition changes and weather conditions along the trajectory of each air parcel are investigated. Previous studies showed a clear correlation between the prevailing weather situation at the time when the NOx emission occurs and the climate impact of the NOx emission. Here, we show that the aviation NOx contribution to ozone is characterised by the time and magnitude of its maximum and demonstrate that a high O3 maximum is only possible if the maximum occurs early after the emission. Early maxima occur only if the air parcel, in which the NOx emission occurred, is transported to lower altitudes, where the chemical activity is high. This downward transport is caused by subsidence in high-pressure systems. A high ozone magnitude only occurs if the air parcel is transported downward into a region in which the ozone production is efficient. This efficiency is limited by atmospheric NOx and HOx concentrations during summer and winter, respectively. We show that a large CH4 depletion is only possible if a strong formation of O3 occurs due to the NOx emission and if high atmospheric H2O concentrations are present along the air parcel's trajectory. Only air parcels, which are transported into tropical areas due to high-pressure systems, experience high concentrations of H2O and thus a large CH4 depletion. Avoiding climate-sensitive areas by rerouting aircraft flight tracks is currently computationally not feasible due to the long chemical simulations needed. The findings of this study form a basis of a better understanding of NOx climate-sensitive areas and through this will allow us to propose an alternative approach to estimate aviation's climate impact on a day-to-day basis, based on computationally cheaper meteorological simulations without computationally expensive chemistry. This comprises a step towards a climate impact assessment of individual flights, here with the contribution of aviation NOx emissions to climate change, ultimately enabling routings with a lower climate impact by avoiding climate-sensitive regions. 000891839 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF3-243$$a243 - Tropospheric trace substances and their transformation processes (POF3-243)$$cPOF3-243$$fPOF III$$x0 000891839 588__ $$aDataset connected to CrossRef 000891839 7001_ $$00000-0001-5516-7180$$aFrömming, Christine$$b1 000891839 7001_ $$00000-0002-8012-6783$$aGrewe, Volker$$b2$$eCorresponding author 000891839 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)2069847-1$$a10.5194/acp-20-12347-2020$$gVol. 20, no. 20, p. 12347 - 12361$$n20$$p12347 - 12361$$tAtmospheric chemistry and physics$$v20$$x1680-7324$$y2020 000891839 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/891839/files/acp-20-12347-2020.pdf$$yOpenAccess 000891839 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:891839$$pdnbdelivery$$pVDB$$pVDB:Earth_Environment$$pdriver$$popen_access$$popenaire 000891839 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)173788$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b0$$kFZJ 000891839 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF3-243$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF3-240$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF3-200$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF3$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bErde und Umwelt$$lAtmosphäre und Klima$$vTropospheric trace substances and their transformation processes$$x0 000891839 9132_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-211$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-210$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-200$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$9G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2111$$aDE-HGF$$bForschungsbereich Erde und Umwelt$$lErde im Wandel – Unsere Zukunft nachhaltig gestalten$$vDie Atmosphäre im globalen Wandel$$x0 000891839 9141_ $$y2020 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0200$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bSCOPUS$$d2021-02-02 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0160$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bEssential Science Indicators$$d2021-02-02 000891839 915__ $$0LIC:(DE-HGF)CCBY4$$2HGFVOC$$aCreative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1150$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bCurrent Contents - Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences$$d2021-02-02 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)9905$$2StatID$$aIF >= 5$$bATMOS CHEM PHYS : 2019$$d2021-02-02 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0501$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bDOAJ Seal$$d2021-02-02 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0500$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bDOAJ$$d2021-02-02 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0113$$2StatID$$aWoS$$bScience Citation Index Expanded$$d2021-02-02 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0700$$2StatID$$aFees$$d2021-02-02 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0150$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bWeb of Science Core Collection$$d2021-02-02 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0510$$2StatID$$aOpenAccess 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0030$$2StatID$$aPeer Review$$bDOAJ : Peer review$$d2021-02-02 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0561$$2StatID$$aArticle Processing Charges$$d2021-02-02 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0100$$2StatID$$aJCR$$bATMOS CHEM PHYS : 2019$$d2021-02-02 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0300$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bMedline$$d2021-02-02 000891839 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0199$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bClarivate Analytics Master Journal List$$d2021-02-02 000891839 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-8-20101013$$kIEK-8$$lTroposphäre$$x0 000891839 9801_ $$aFullTexts 000891839 980__ $$ajournal 000891839 980__ $$aVDB 000891839 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 000891839 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)IEK-8-20101013 000891839 981__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)ICE-3-20101013