Welcome to the START08/Pre-HIPPO Workshop

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Welcome to the START08/Pre-HIPPO Workshop

• NCAR, Boulder, CO
• January 8-9, 2008

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Ozone and Precursors
Strato-sphere
NO
Tropo-sphere
O3 H2OCONOy
O3 H2OCONOy
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Averaged Ozone Budget (MOZART)

• Model Dynamics MA-CCM NCEP
  ECMWF
• Transport from strat. 343 918
  726
• Net photoch. production 509 -60
  141
• Dry Deposition 857
  857 865
• Burden 362
  366 332

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GLOBAL BUDGET OF TROPOSPHERIC OZONE (Tg O3 yr-1)
IPCC (2006) average of 12 models
Chem prod in troposphere 4700700 Chem loss in troposphere 4200 500
Transport from stratosphere 500 100 Deposition 1000 200
O2
hn
O3
Ozone lifetime 24 4 days
STRATOSPHERE
8-18 km
TROPOSPHERE
hn
NO2
NO
O3
hn, H2O
OH
HO2
H2O2
Deposition
CO, VOC
From Daniel Jacob
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Tropospheric Ozone Budget
1600
L (Loss)
1200
800
Ozone flux Tg/yr
400
0
P (Production)
-400
-800
UCI
UIO
KNMI
GCTM
MATCH
IMAGES
ECHAM4
MOZART2
MOZART1
HARVARD
STOCHEM
ECHAM/TM3
LOGAN, 1981
GEOS-CHEM
IPCC (2001) and other sources
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The Tropopause
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Identifying and quantifying exchange processes
In situ CO and ozone From DC8
Ozone MOZART-3
Lidar ozone
(Pan et al., 2003)
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THETA362K
Greenland
Iceland
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GV Capabilities
Data shown are for HIAPER (GV Serial Number
677)

• Maximum Range 6,055 nm (11,214 km)
• Maximum Cruise Altitude 51,000 ft (15,545 m)
• Maximum Scientific Payload 6,600 lbs (2,994
  kg)
• Typical Zero Fuel Weight 53,679 lbs (24,349
  kg)
• Maximum Mission Fuel 37,221 lbs (16,883 kg)
• Maximum Ramp Weight 90,900 lbs (41,232 kg)
• Maximum Takeoff Weight 90,500 lbs (41,051 kg)

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The Tropopause Science and Art