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Next Two Weeks—Stratospheric Chemistry
•Mid-latitude Ozone Chemistry (and depletion)
•Polar Ozone Destruction (the Ozone Hole)
READING: Chapter 10 of text
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Final ProjectsSee web site for more details
To allow you to explore in greater detail a topic area that we covered (or did not cover) in class. The topic must deal with atmospheric chemistry or composition. A manuscript which is between 10 - 15 double spaced pagesThis length does not include references or figures.
The general idea
Typical FormatsCritical Literature Review
NSF-like Proposal
Short Research Project
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Ozone and Pop-CultureDay of the Animals (1977)A hole in the ozone layer drives forest animals berserk in Northern California, and a group of vacationing hikers is caught in the fray…
See clips on You TubeThe Naked Gun II "A love affair is like the ozone layer," says Lieut. Frank Drebin. "You only miss it when it's gone."
The “Ozone Awards”, Ozone “air purifiers”Ozone Spa Therapy …
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Stratospheric O3: Overview
Most O3 (90%) in stratosphere.
Remaining 10% in troposphere.
“Ozone layer” (15-30 km) is 3000 – 5000 ppb of O3.
Surface O3 ~ 40 – 100 ppb.
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Stratospheric Ozone: Overview
•sustains terrestrial life by absorbing UV radiation
•impacts the atmospheric vertical temperature profile
•important role in Earth’s overall radiative balance
~3,000 ppb
<100 ppb
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1. What are the natural production and loss mechanisms for stratospheric O3?
2. What is the effect of anthropogenic emissions on stratospheric ozone, both past and future?
3. What are the mechanisms responsible for the drastic ozone decreases in the Antarctic?
4. What role, if any, does the stratospheric aerosol layer play in the gas-phase chemistry of the stratosphere?
Stratospheric Ozone: Motivating Questions
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1930: Chapman proposed that O3 continually produced in a cycle initiated by O2 photolysis.
1840’s Ozone first discovered and measured in air by Schonbein who named it based on its smell.
1880-1900’s: Hartley postulates the existence of a layer above the troposphere, where ozone is responsible for the absorption of solar UV between 200 and 300 nm.
1913: Fabry and Buisson used UV measurements to estimate that if brought down to the surface at STP, O3 would form a layer ~ 3 mm thick.1920-25: Dobson first shows that T(z) in stratosphere not constant but increases with z and implicates O3 absorption. Makes first extensive set of O3 column measurements with his spectrophotometer
Stratospheric Ozone—a brief history
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O2
O3
O
hv
O2hvFast Fast
slow slow
2 2 3 3 2 2 4 3[ ] 2 ~ 0O O
d O j O j O k O O M k O Odt
small small
Net O3 formation
Net O3 lossOdd Oxygen Chemical FamillyOx = O3 + O
Mass balance for [O]:
Chapman Mechanism
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[Ox] = [O] + [O3] [O3]
[O3] controlled by slow net production and loss via O2 + hv (R1) and O + O3 (R4)NOT by fast production and loss of O3 from O + O2 (R2) and O3 + hv (R3)
Mass balance for [Ox]: 2 2 4 3[ ] 2 2x
Od O j O k O O
dt
Odd Oxygen Family: Ox
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Questions1. The original Chapman mechanism included a fifth
reaction: O + O + M O2 + M What would be the effect of this reaction on ozone? Is it
more important in the lower or in the upper stratosphere? 2. [O]~109 molec/cm3 in the upper stratosphere and ~ 106 in
the lower stratosphere, if the lifetime of O3 w.r.t. transport away from equator is ~ month, is it fair to assume O3 is in a chemical steady state throughout the stratosphere?kO+O3 (US) ~ 4x10-15 cm3/molec/s; kO+O3(LS) ~ 3x10-16 cm3/molec/
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Wennberg, et al Science 1994
Stratospheric OH Profile
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Hydrogen oxide (HOx) radical family
Initiation: H2O + O(1D) 2OH
Propagation through cycling of HOx radical family (example):OH + O3 HO2 + O2
HO2 + O3 OH + 2O2 Net: 2O3 3O2
Termination (example):OH + HO2 H2O + O2
From troposphere and CH4 oxidation
HOx is a catalyst for O3 loss but not the only one…
HOx = H + OH + HO2
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Nitrogen oxide (NOx) radical family
• Initiation N2O + O(1D) 2NO• Propagation
NO + O3 NO2 + O2 NO + O3 NO2 + O2
NO2 + h NO + O NO2 + O NO + O2 O + O2 + M O3 + M Null cycle Net O3 + O 2O2
• Termination Recycling
NO2 + OH + M HNO3 + M HNO3 + h NO2 + OH NO3 + NO2 + M N2O5 + M N2O5 + h NO2 + NO3
NOx = NO + NO2
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Cycling of NOx and NOy
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What have we learned about NOy?Production:N2O + O(1D) - well understood natural source
Loss: via transport from stratosphere to troposphere. Residence time for air in stratosphere is 1-2 years. Loss rate well constrained
Cycling: O3 loss related to NOx/NOy ratio. Under most conditions s.s. between NOy species is a good approximationNOx catalytic cycle reconciled Chapman theory with observations…1995 Nobel Prize
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Stratospheric O3 Production and Loss
Gas-phasechemistryonly
Constrained from 1980s Space Shuttle Observations
•NOx is most important Ox sink throughout middle stratosphere
•Fully accounts for missing O3 sink in Chapman Mechanism
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Year
IPCC SYR Figure 2-1
Human Influence on Stratospheric NOx
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Questions
1. Of the ozone loss mechanisms we have examined so far, can any operate at night?
2. There are several variations possible for NOx and HOx catalyzed O3 destruction cycles. Given that NO3 photolysis can proceed via one of two channels
a) NO3 + hv NO2 + Ob) NO3 + hv NO + O2 Come up with at least one additional catalytic cycle for NOx. 3. A minor oxidation pathway for NO is
HO2 + NO -> OH + NO2 What is the net effect of this reaction on ozone?
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Lovelock’s First Measurements of CFCs
CCl3F (pptv)La
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Roland and MolinaWhat is the fate of this, non-toxic CFC?
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Stratospheric Distribution of CFC-12
CF2Cl2
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Chlorine radical family (ClOx=Cl + ClO)
• Initiation:CF2Cl2 + hv CF2Cl + Cl
• Propagation:Cl + O3 ClO + O2
ClO + O Cl + O2
Net: O3 + O 2O2
• Termination: Recycling:Cl + CH4 HCl + CH3 HCl + OH Cl + H2OClO + NO2 + M ClNO3 + M ClNO3 + hv ClO + NO2
O3 loss rate: 3[O ] 2[ClO][O]ddt
Cl not the only halogen…Br chemistry is important too
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Cycling of ClOx and Cly
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Questions
1. Can any of the catalytic cycles we’ve studied explain why severe ozone depletion occurs over the South Pole, just after the sun rises there?
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Stratospheric O3 Production and Loss
Gas-phasechemistryonly
Constrained from 1980s Space Shuttle Observations
•NOx is most important Ox sink throughout middle stratosphere
•Fully accounts for missing O3 sink in Chapman Mechanism
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Early Warning Signs
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Atmospheric Trend of CFC-11Montreal protocol
CFC productionIs banned
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Ozone Column Trend, 60oS-60oN
ChlorineOr dynamics (transport)?
Pinatubo
Stabilizationof chlorine?
[WMO, 1998]
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Recent Rise in HCFC’s (CFC Replacements)
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What is the effect of increasing stratospheric NOx on the rate of ClOx-catalyzed ozone loss?
Give an example of how HOx and NOx are coupled.
How might an increase in OH affect ClOx cycles?
Coupling Between HOx, NOx, and ClOx Cycles
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SPADE Mission
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Wennberg, et al Science 1994
Couplings lead to non-linear responses to increases in NOx
Observations of HOx, NOx, and ClOx