全球大气基的年间小幅变化
S A Montzka1, M Krol, E Dlugokencky
1NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305, USA. stephen.a.montzka@noaa.gov
概括
全球大气氧化能力,以基 (OH) 激素来衡量,比以前认为的年比年变化较小. 这表明大气对污染和自然变化具有弹性,与早期的甲基化 (CH3CCl3) 数据解释相反.
科学领域:
- 大气化学 大气化学
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 全球大气氧化能力主要由基 (OH) 基决定.
- 甲基化 (CH3CCl3) 测量已被用于诊断OH度和推断跨年变化.
- 以前的解释表明,大气氧化能力对扰动的敏感性很大.
研究的目的:
- 重新评估全球平均OH度的年间变化.
- 评估大气氧化能力对干扰的抵御力.
- 通过使用1998年后的CH3CCl3数据来完善OH变异性估计.
主要方法:
- 分析甲基化 (CH3CCl3) 的测量,特别是在1998年之后.
- 利用CH3CCl3由于蒙特利尔议定书而减少的大气梯度.
- 与甲和其他微量气体测量和全球光化学模型进行比较.
主要成果:
- 据推断,OH度的年间变化明显较小.
- 全球OH度似乎很好地缓冲了干扰.
- 精细的OH变异性与其他大气测量和模型计算一致.
结论:
- 地球大气层的氧化能力比以前估计的更加稳定.
- 蒙特利尔议定书对CH3CCl3测量的影响改善了OH变异性评估.
- 全球OH是坚固的,不太容易受到短期的环境波动.
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