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@ARTICLE{Clark:903139,
author = {Clark, Hannah and Bennouna, Yasmine and Tsivlidou, Maria
and Wolff, Pawel and Sauvage, Bastien and Barret, Brice and
Le Flochmoën, Eric and Blot, Romain and Boulanger, Damien
and Cousin, Jean-Marc and Nédélec, Philippe and Petzold,
Andreas and Thouret, Valérie},
title = {{T}he effects of the {COVID}-19 lockdowns on the
composition of the troposphere as seen by {I}n-service
{A}ircraft for a {G}lobal {O}bserving {S}ystem ({IAGOS}) at
{F}rankfurt},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {21},
number = {21},
issn = {1680-7316},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-04863},
pages = {16237 - 16256},
year = {2021},
abstract = {The European research infrastructure IAGOS (In-service
Aircraft for a Global Observing System) equips commercial
aircraft with a system for measuring atmospheric
composition. A range of essential climate variables and air
quality parameters are measured throughout the flight, from
take-off to landing, giving high-resolution information in
the vertical in the vicinity of international airports and
in the upper troposphere–lower stratosphere during the
cruise phase of the flight. Six airlines are currently
involved in the programme, achieving a quasi-global coverage
under normal circumstances. During the COVID-19 crisis, many
airlines were forced to ground their fleets due to a fall in
passenger numbers and imposed travel restrictions. Deutsche
Lufthansa, a partner in IAGOS since 1994 was able to operate
an IAGOS-equipped aircraft during the COVID-19 lockdown,
providing regular measurements of ozone and carbon monoxide
at Frankfurt Airport. The data form a snapshot of an
unprecedented time in the 27-year time series. In May 2020,
we see a $32 \%$ increase in ozone near the surface with
respect to a recent reference period, a magnitude similar to
that of the 2003 heatwave. The anomaly in May is driven by
an increase in ozone at nighttime which might be linked to
the reduction in NO during the COVID-19 lockdowns. The
anomaly diminishes with altitude becoming a slightly
negative anomaly in the free troposphere. The ozone
precursor carbon monoxide shows an $11 \%$ reduction in
MAM (March–April–May) near the surface. There is only a
small reduction in CO in the free troposphere due to the
impact of long-range transport on the CO from emissions in
regions outside Europe. This is confirmed by data from the
Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) using
retrievals performed by SOftware for a Fast Retrieval of
IASI Data (SOFRID), which display a clear drop of CO at
800 hPa over Europe in March but otherwise show little
change to the abundance of CO in the free troposphere.},
cin = {IEK-8},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-8-20101013},
pnm = {2111 - Air Quality (POF4-211)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2111},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000715751600001},
doi = {10.5194/acp-21-16237-2021},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/903139},
}