Cyclone-induced surface ozone and HDO depletion in the Arctic

Zhao, Xiaoyi; Weaver, Dan; Bognar, Kristof; Manney, Gloria; Millán, Luis; Yang, Xin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3838-9758; Eloranta, Edwin; Schneider, Matthias; Strong, Kimberly. 2017 Cyclone-induced surface ozone and HDO depletion in the Arctic. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17 (24). 14955-14974. 10.5194/acp-17-14955-2017

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14955-2017

Abstract/Summary

Ground-based, satellite, and reanalysis datasets were used to identify two similar cyclone-induced surface ozone depletion events at Eureka, Canada (80.1° N, 86.4° W), in March 2007 and April 2011. These two events were coincident with observations of hydrogen deuterium oxide (HDO) depletion, indicating that condensation and sublimation occurred during the transport of the ozone-depleted air masses. Ice clouds (vapour and crystals) and aerosols were detected by lidar and radar when the ozone- and HDO-depleted air masses arrived over Eureka. For the 2007 event, an ice cloud layer was coincident with an aloft ozone depletion layer at 870 m altitude on 2–3 March, indicating this ice cloud layer contained bromine-enriched blowing-snow particles. Over the following 3 days, a shallow surface ozone depletion event (ODE) was observed at Eureka after the precipitation of bromine-enriched particles onto the local snowpack. A chemistry–climate model (UKCA) and a chemical transport model (pTOMCAT) were used to simulate the surface ozone depletion events. Incorporating the latest surface snow salinity data obtained for the Weddell Sea into the models resulted in improved agreement between the modelled and measured BrO concentrations above Eureka. MERRA-2 global reanalysis data and the FLEXPART particle dispersion model were used to study the link between the ozone and HDO depletion. In general, the modelled ozone and BrO showed good agreement with the ground-based observations; however, the modelled BrO and ozone in the near-surface layer are quite sensitive to the snow salinity. HDO depletion observed during these two blowing-snow ODEs was found to be weaker than pure Rayleigh fractionation. This work provides evidence of a blowing-snow sublimation process, which is a key step in producing bromine-enriched sea-salt aerosol.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.5194/acp-17-14955-2017
ISSN:	1680-7324
Date made live:	16 Jan 2018 11:37 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518978

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.5194/acp-17-14955-2017

ISSN:

1680-7324

Date made live:

16 Jan 2018 11:37 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518978