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A Novel Framework to Study Trace Gas Transport in Deep Convective Clouds
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Meteorology .
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9384-9702
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Number of Authors: 62020 (English)In: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, ISSN 1942-2466, Vol. 12, no 5, article id e2019MS001931Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Deep convective clouds reach the upper troposphere (8-15 km height). In addition to moisture and aerosol particles, they can bring aerosol precursor gases and other reactive trace gases from the planetary boundary layer to the cloud top. In this paper, we present a method to estimate trace gas transport based on the analysis of individual air parcel trajectories. Large eddy simulation of an idealized deep convective cloud was used to provide realistic environmental input to a parcel model. For a buoyant parcel, we found that the trace gas transport approximately follows one out of three scenarios, determined by a combination of the equilibrium vapor pressure (containing information about water-solubility and pure component saturation vapor pressure) and the enthalpy of vaporization. In one extreme, the trace gas will eventually be completely removed by precipitation. In the other extreme, there is almost no vapor condensation on hydrometeors and most of the gas is transported to the top of the cloud. The scenario in between these two extremes is also characterized by strong gas condensation, but a small fraction of the trace gas may still be transported aloft. This approach confirms previously suggested patterns of inert trace gas behavior in deep convective clouds, agrees with observational data, and allows estimating transport in analytically simple and computationally efficient way compared to explicit cloud-resolving model calculations.

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2020. Vol. 12, no 5, article id e2019MS001931
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trace gas transport, deep convection, method development, aerosols, large eddy simulation
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Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-183107DOI: 10.1029/2019MS001931ISI: 000537798800005OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-183107DiVA, id: diva2:1452719
Available from: 2020-07-07 Created: 2020-07-07 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved
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1. Transport and chemical processing of trace gases in deep convective clouds
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Deep convective clouds can efficiently transport trace gases from the planetary boundary layer to the upper troposphere. Once there, some gases will contribute to new particle formation and growth, eventually producing aerosols that are large enough to influence cloud properties, the radiative budget of the Earth, and climate. The magnitude and exact pathways of the convective transport of many organic and inorganic compounds are, however, still unclear. This dissertation presents a framework to study vertical transport of gas mixtures by deep convective clouds. The method consists of a chemical box model that is driven by cloud air parcel trajectory data generated by large-eddy simulation. This combination allows us to examine detailed gas-cloud interactions as well as complex systems of gas-phase chemical reactions. A large ensemble of simulated cloud trajectories was used to identify and characterize convective up- and downdrafts in the Amazon region. The analysis showed that air parcels starting close to the surface (at 0.5 km) experienced a substantially larger probability of reaching the upper troposphere (above 10 km) than parcels starting at the top of the boundary layer. Furthermore, the framework was used to estimate the vertical transport of isoprene, isoprene oxidation products, ammonia, and several non-reactive trace gases. We found that a typical Amazonian deep convective cloud can transport around 30% of the boundary layer isoprene to the cloud outflow if the efficiency of the gas uptake on ice is high and there is no lightning within the cloud. If the efficiency of gas uptake on ice is low and lightning within the cloud is extensive, all isoprene will be oxidized. Several low-volatility isoprene oxidation products will then have relatively high concentrations in the outflow, which potentially could lead to new particle formation and growth. Another result was that up to 10% of the boundary layer ammonia can reach the cloud outflow, where it in some environments can nucleate synergistically with nitric and sulfuric acid. A key uncertainty in our estimates is the efficiency of gas uptake by ice particles.

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Stockholm: Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, 2021. p. 32
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gas transport, atmospheric chemistry, convective cloud, box model, new particle formation
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Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
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Atmospheric Sciences and Oceanography
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urn:nbn:se:su:diva-197903 (URN)978-91-7911-656-9 (ISBN)978-91-7911-657-6 (ISBN)
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2021-12-08, Vivi Täckholmsalen (Q-salen), NPQ-huset, Svante Arrhenius väg 20, Stockholm, 13:00 (English)
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