TRANSPORT OF OZONE AND SULFUR TO THE NORTH-ATLANTIC ATMOSPHERE DURINGTHE NORTH-ATLANTIC REGIONAL EXPERIMENT

Citation
Cm. Banic et al., TRANSPORT OF OZONE AND SULFUR TO THE NORTH-ATLANTIC ATMOSPHERE DURINGTHE NORTH-ATLANTIC REGIONAL EXPERIMENT, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 101(D22), 1996, pp. 29091-29104
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Volume
101
Issue
D22
Year of publication
1996
Pages
29091 - 29104
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
The horizontal transport of O-3, SO2, and non-sea-salt particulate SO4 = over the ocean near Nova Scotia, Canada, is determined from in situ measurements made during the 1993 North Atlantic Regional Experiment ( NARE) summer intensive. The average mass of O-3 transported through an area 1 m in horizontal extent and 5 lan in the vertical is 2.8 g s(-1 ), moving from west to east. Anthropogenic O-3 accounts for 50% of the transport below 1 km, 35-50% from 1 to 3 km, 25-50% from 3 to 4 km, a nd 10% from 4 to 5 lan. The average mass of SO2 and SO4= transported t hrough the same area is 50 mg S s(-1), moving from west to east. Eight y percent of the SO4= and 55% of the SO2 are transported above 1 km, w ith little transport of these species seen above 3 km. The anthropogen ic input of O-3 and S to the North Atlantic atmosphere from the North American continent is estimated.