Persistent sensitivity of Asian aerosol to emissions of nitrogen oxides
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Kharol, S. K.
Martin, R. V.
Philip, S.
Vogel, S.
Henze, D. K.
Chen, D.
Wang, Y.
Zhang, Q.
Heald, Colette L.
Date Issued
March 2013
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc/American Geophysical Union
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Kharol, S. K., R. V. Martin, S. Philip, S. Vogel, D. K. Henze, D. Chen, Y. Wang, Q. Zhang, and C. L. Heald. “Persistent Sensitivity of Asian Aerosol to Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides.” Geophys. Res. Lett. 40, no. 5 (March 14, 2013): 1021–1026.©2013 American Geophysical Union.
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Abstract
We use a chemical transport model and its adjoint to examine the sensitivity of secondary inorganic aerosol formation to emissions of precursor trace gases from Asia. Sensitivity simulations indicate that secondary inorganic aerosol mass concentrations are most sensitive to ammonia (NH[subscript 3]) emissions in winter and to sulfur dioxide (SO[subscript 2]) emissions during the rest of the year. However, in the annual mean, the perturbations on Asian population-weighted ground-level secondary inorganic aerosol concentrations of 34% due to changing nitrogen oxide (NO[subscript x]) emissions are comparable to those from changing either SO[subscript 2] (41%) or NH[subscript 3] (25%) emissions. The persistent sensitivity to NOx arises from the regional abundance of NH[subscript 3] over Asia that promotes ammonium nitrate formation. IASI satellite observations corroborate the NH[subscript 3] abundance. Projected emissions for 2020 indicate continued sensitivity to NOx emissions. We encourage more attention to NO[subscript x] controls in addition to SO[subscript 2] and NH[subscript 3] controls to reduce ground-level East Asian aerosol.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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