Journal article
MICS-Asia II: Impact of global emissions on regional air quality in Asia
Atmospheric environment (1994), Vol.42(15), pp.3543-3561
2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.10.022
Abstract
This study quantifies the seasonality and geographic variability of global pollutant inflow to Asia. Asia is often looked to as a major
source of intercontinental air pollution transport with rising emissions and efficient pollutant export processes. However, the degree to which foreign emissions have been
imported to Asia has not been thoroughly examined. The Model Inter-Comparison Study for Asia (MICS-Asia) is an international collaboration to study air pollution transport and chemistry in Asia. Using the global atmospheric chemistry Model of Ozone and Related Tracers (MOZART v. 2.4), and comparing results with a suite of regional models participating in MICS-Asia, we find that imported O
3 contributes significantly throughout Asia. The choice of upper boundary condition is found to be particularly important for O
3, even for surface concentrations. Both North America and Europe contribute to ground-level O
3 concentrations throughout the region, though the seasonality of these two sources varies. North American contributions peak at over 10% of monthly mean O
3 during winter months in East Asia, compared to Europe's spring- and autumn-maxima (5–8%). In comparison to observed data from the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET), MOZART concentrations for O
3 generally fall within the range of the MICS models, but MOZART is unable to capture the fine spatial variability of shorter-lived species as well as the regional models.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- MICS-Asia II: Impact of global emissions on regional air quality in Asia
- Creators
- Tracey Holloway - Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1710 University Avenue, Room 201A, Madison, WI 53726, USATatsuya Sakurai - Acid Deposition and Oxidant Research Center, Niigata, JapanZhiwei Han - Acid Deposition and Oxidant Research Center, Niigata, JapanSusanna Ehlers - Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1710 University Avenue, Room 201A, Madison, WI 53726, USAScott N Spak - Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1710 University Avenue, Room 201A, Madison, WI 53726, USALarry W Horowitz - NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USAGregory R Carmichael - Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, University of Iowa, IA, USADavid G Streets - Argonne National Laboratory, IL, USAY Hozumi - Acid Deposition and Oxidant Research Center, Niigata, JapanHiromasa Ueda - Acid Deposition and Oxidant Research Center, Niigata, JapanS.U Park - Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaChristopher Fung - Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaM Kajino - Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanNarisara Thongboonchoo - Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, University of Iowa, IA, USAMagnuz Engardt - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrkoping, SwedenCecilia Bennet - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrkoping, SwedenHiroshi Hayami - Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Chiba, JapanKarine Sartelet - Centre d’Enseignement et de Recherche en Environnement Atmosphérique, FranceZifa Wang - Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing, ChinaK Matsuda - Meisei University, Tokyo, JapanMarkus Amann - International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Atmospheric environment (1994), Vol.42(15), pp.3543-3561
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.10.022
- ISSN
- 1352-2310
- eISSN
- 1873-2844
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2008
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; Nursing; Public Policy Center (Archive); Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; School of Planning and Public Affairs
- Record Identifier
- 9984001086302771
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