Impact of Lightning NO<sub>x</sub> Emissions on Atmospheric Composition and Meteorology in Africa and Europe
NO<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mi>x</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> emissions from lightning have been added to the CHIMERE v2020r1 model using a parameterizatio...
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doaj-bd74e367036b457398fc26a39dac13f42020-11-25T03:53:05ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332020-10-01111128112810.3390/atmos11101128Impact of Lightning NO<sub>x</sub> Emissions on Atmospheric Composition and Meteorology in Africa and EuropeLaurent Menut0Bertrand Bessagnet1Sylvain Mailler2Romain Pennel3Guillaume Siour4Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD), UMR CNRS 8539, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Universités,, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, FranceLaboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD), UMR CNRS 8539, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Universités,, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, FranceLaboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD), UMR CNRS 8539, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Universités,, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, FranceLaboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD), UMR CNRS 8539, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Universités,, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, FranceLaboratoire Inter-Universitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), UMR CNRS 7583, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Université Paris Est Créteil et Université de Paris, 94010 Créteil, FranceNO<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mi>x</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> emissions from lightning have been added to the CHIMERE v2020r1 model using a parameterization based on convective clouds. In order to estimate the impact of these emissions on pollutant concentrations, two simulations, using the online coupled WRF-CHIMERE models with and without NO<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mi>x</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> emissions from lightning, have been carried out over the months of July and August 2013 and over a large area covering Europe and the northern part of Africa. The results show that these emissions modify the pollutant concentrations as well as the meteorology. The changes are most significant where the strongest emissions are located. Adding these emissions improves Aerosol Optical Depth in Africa but has a limited impact on the surface concentrations of pollutants in Europe. For the two-month average we find that the maximum changes are localized and may reach ±0.5 K for 2 m temperature, ±0.5 m s<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> for 10 m wind speed, 10 W m<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> for short wave radiation surface flux, and 50 and 2 <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>g m<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> for dust and sea salt surface concentrations, respectively. This leads to maximum changes of 1 <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>g m<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> for surface concentrations of PM<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn><mo>.</mo><mn>5</mn></mrow></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/11/10/1128LightningAtmospheric compositionmodelling |
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Laurent Menut Bertrand Bessagnet Sylvain Mailler Romain Pennel Guillaume Siour |
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Impact of Lightning NO<sub>x</sub> Emissions on Atmospheric Composition and Meteorology in Africa and Europe |
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Impact of Lightning NO<sub>x</sub> Emissions on Atmospheric Composition and Meteorology in Africa and Europe |
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Impact of Lightning NO<sub>x</sub> Emissions on Atmospheric Composition and Meteorology in Africa and Europe |
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Impact of Lightning NO<sub>x</sub> Emissions on Atmospheric Composition and Meteorology in Africa and Europe |
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Impact of Lightning NO<sub>x</sub> Emissions on Atmospheric Composition and Meteorology in Africa and Europe |
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impact of lightning no<sub>x</sub> emissions on atmospheric composition and meteorology in africa and europe |
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NO<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mi>x</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> emissions from lightning have been added to the CHIMERE v2020r1 model using a parameterization based on convective clouds. In order to estimate the impact of these emissions on pollutant concentrations, two simulations, using the online coupled WRF-CHIMERE models with and without NO<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mi>x</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> emissions from lightning, have been carried out over the months of July and August 2013 and over a large area covering Europe and the northern part of Africa. The results show that these emissions modify the pollutant concentrations as well as the meteorology. The changes are most significant where the strongest emissions are located. Adding these emissions improves Aerosol Optical Depth in Africa but has a limited impact on the surface concentrations of pollutants in Europe. For the two-month average we find that the maximum changes are localized and may reach ±0.5 K for 2 m temperature, ±0.5 m s<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> for 10 m wind speed, 10 W m<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> for short wave radiation surface flux, and 50 and 2 <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>g m<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> for dust and sea salt surface concentrations, respectively. This leads to maximum changes of 1 <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>g m<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> for surface concentrations of PM<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn><mo>.</mo><mn>5</mn></mrow></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>. |
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Lightning Atmospheric composition modelling |
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