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Seasonal and interannual variations of HCN amounts in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere observed by MIPAS

Glatthor, N. 1; Höpfner, M. ORCID iD icon 1; Stiller, G. P. ORCID iD icon 1; Clarmann, T. von 1; Funke, B.; Lossow, S. 1; Eckert, E. 1; Grabowski, U. 1; Kellmann, S. 1; Linden, A. 1; Walker, K. A.; Wiegele, A. 1
1 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

We present a HCN climatology of the years 2002-2012, derived from FTIR limb emission spectra measured with the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) on the ENVISAT satellite, with the main focus on biomass burning signatures in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. HCN is an almost unambiguous tracer of biomass burning with a tropospheric lifetime of 5-6 months and a stratospheric lifetime of about 2 years. The MIPAS climatology is in good agreement with the HCN distribution obtained by the spaceborne ACE-FTS experiment and with airborne in situ measurements performed during the INTEX-B campaign. The HCN amounts observed by MIPAS in the southern tropical and subtropical upper troposphere have an annual cycle peaking in October-November, i.e. 1-2 months after the maximum of southern hemispheric fire emissions. The probable reason for the time shift is the delayed onset of deep convection towards austral summer. Because of overlap of varying biomass burning emissions from South America and southern Africa with sporadically strong contributions from Indonesia, the size and strength of the southern hemispheric plume have considerable interannual variations, with monthly mean maxima at, for example, 14 km between 400 and more than 700 pptv. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000046050
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DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-563-2015
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Spurenstoffe und Fernerkundung (IMK-ASF)
KIT-Zentrum Klima und Umwelt (ZKU)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2015
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1680-7316
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-460508
KITopen-ID: 1000046050
HGF-Programm 12.04.05 (POF III, LK 01) Trends,Variaility,Large-Scale Processes
Erschienen in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Verlag European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Band 15
Heft 2
Seiten 563-582
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Schlagwörter annual variation; atmospheric chemistry; biomass burning; inorganic compound; MIPAS; seasonal variation; Southern Hemisphere; stratosphere; tracer; troposphere; Indonesia; South America; Southern Africa
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