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Alex Vermeulen

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Reassessing the variability in atmospheric H2 using the two-way nested TM5 model

Author

  • G. Pieterse
  • M. C. Krol
  • A. M. Batenburg
  • C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer
  • M. E. Popa
  • S. O'Doherty
  • A. Grant
  • L. P. Steele
  • P. B. Krummel
  • R. L. Langenfelds
  • H. J. Wang
  • Alex Vermeulen
  • M. Schmidt
  • C. Yver
  • A. Jordan
  • A. Engel
  • R. E. Fisher
  • D. Lowry
  • E. G. Nisbet
  • S. Reimann
  • M. K. Vollmer
  • M. Steinbacher
  • S. Hammer
  • G. Forster
  • W. T. Sturges
  • T. Rockmann
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Summary, in English

This work reassesses the global atmospheric budget of H2 with the TM5 model. The recent adjustment of the calibration scale for H2 translates into a change in the tropospheric burden. Furthermore, the ECMWF Reanalysis-Interim (ERA-Interim) data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) used in this study show slower vertical transport than the operational data used before. Consequently, more H2 is removed by deposition. The deposition parametrization is updated because significant deposition fluxes for snow, water, and vegetation surfaces were calculated in our previous study. Timescales of 1-2h are asserted for the transport of H2 through the canopies of densely vegetated regions. The global scale variability of H2 and [DH2] is well represented by the updated model. H2 is slightly overestimated in the Southern Hemisphere because too little H2 is removed by dry deposition to rainforests and savannahs. The variability in H2 over Europe is further investigated using a high-resolution model subdomain. It is shown that discrepancies between the model and the observations are mainly caused by the finite model resolution. The tropospheric burden is estimated at 165 +/- 8TgH2. The removal rates of H2 by deposition and photochemical oxidation are estimated at 53 +/- 4 and 23 +/- 2TgH2/yr, resulting in a tropospheric lifetime of 2.2 +/- 0.2year.

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

3764-3780

Publication/Series

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volume

118

Issue

9

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Physical Geography

Keywords

  • tropospheric budget
  • Chemical Transport Model
  • molecular hydrogen
  • sources and sinks
  • hydrogen isotopes
  • dry deposition

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2169-8996