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Transport analysis of ozone enhancement in Southern Ontario during BAQS-Met
Available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-2569-2011
H. He ; D.W. Tarasick ; W.K. Hocking ; T.K. Carey-Smith ; Y. Rochon ; J. Zhang ; P.A. Makar ; M. Osman ; J. Brook ; M.D. Moran ; D.B.A. Jones ; C. Mihele ; J.C. Wei ; G. Osterman ; P.S. Argall ; J. McConnell ; M.S. Bourqui
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) >
Vol. 11. N° 3 [03/01/2011] . - p.2569-2583
Twice-daily ozonesondes were launched from Harrow, in southwestern Ontario, Canada, during the BAQS-Met (Border Air Quality and Meteorology Study) field campaign in June and July of 2007. A co-located radar windprofiler measured tropopause height continuously. These data, in combination with continuous surface ozone measurements and geo-statistical interpolation of satellite ozone observations, present a consistent picture and indicate that a number of significant ozone enhancements in the troposphere were observed that were the result of stratospheric intrusion events. The combined observations have also been compared with results from two Environment Canada numerical models, the operational weather prediction model GEM (as input to FLEXPART), and a new version of the regional air quality model AURAMS, in order to examine the ability of these models to accurately represent sporadic cross-tropopause ozone transport events. The models appear to reproduce intrusion events with some skill, implying that GEM dynamics (which also drive AURAMS) are able to represent such events well. There are important differences in the quantitative comparison, however; in particular, the poor vertical resolution of AURAMS around the tropopause causes it to bring down too much ozone in individual intrusions.
Language(s): English
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