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22 Dec 2011
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22 Dec 2011 Three-dimensional variations of atmospheric CO2: aircraft measurements and multi-transport model simulationsY. Niwa, P. K. Patra, Y. Sawa, T. Machida, H. Matsueda, D. Belikov, T. Maki, M. Ikegami, R. Imasu, S. Maksyutov, T. Oda, M. Satoh, and M. Takigawa
Numerical simulation and validation of three-dimensional structure of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is necessary for quantification of transport model uncertainty and its role on surface flux estimation by inverse modeling. Simulations of atmospheric CO2 were performed using four transport models and two sets of surface fluxes compared with an aircraft measurement dataset of Comprehensive Observation Network for Trace gases by AIrLiner (CONTRAIL), covering various latitudes, longitudes, and heights. Under this transport model intercomparison project, spatiotemporal variations of CO2 concentration for 2006â2007 were analyzed with a three-dimensional perspective. Results show that the models reasonably simulated vertical profiles and seasonal variations not only over northern latitude areas but also over the tropics and southern latitudes. From CONTRAIL measurements and model simulations, intrusion of northern CO2 in to the Southern Hemisphere, through the upper troposphere, was confirmed. Furthermore, models well simulated the vertical propagation of seasonal variation in the northern free troposphere. However, significant model-observation discrepancies were found in Asian regions, which are attributable to uncertainty of the surface CO2 flux data. In summer season, differences in latitudinal gradients by the fluxes are comparable to or greater than model-model differences even in the free troposphere. This result suggests that active summer vertical transport sufficiently ventilates flux signals up to the free troposphere and the models could use those for inferring surface CO2 fluxes.
Received: 08 Apr 2011 – Discussion started: 27 Apr 2011 – Revised: 23 Sep 2011 – Accepted: 17 Dec 2011 – Published: 22 Dec 2011
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