sensitivity of sulfate direct climate forcing to the hysteresis of particle phase transitions
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Sensitivity of sulfate direct climate forcing to the hysteresis of particle phase transitions. Jun Wang, Andrew Hoffman, Scot Martin, Daniel Jacob. Present at 3rd GEOS–Chem Users' Meeting, April. 11, 2007. Introduction of sulfate phase & composition. Extent of neutralization - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Sensitivity of sulfate direct climate forcing to the hysteresis of particle phase transitions
Jun Wang, Andrew Hoffman, Scot Martin, Daniel Jacob
Present at 3rd GEOS–Chem Users' Meeting, April. 11, 2007
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Introduction of sulfate phase & composition
Solids:AS (NH4)2SO4 LET (NH4)3H(SO4)2
AHS (NH4) HSO4
Aqueous:SO4aq SO4
2-, H+, NH4+, H2O
Extent of neutralization X= [NH4]/2[SO4]
X = 1 X = 0.75 X = 0.5
0 X 1
Phase transitiondeliquesce
Crystallization
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To predict the phase transition requires: (a) Current phase (RH back-trajectory) which curve ?(b) RH in next time step which
direction?(c) CRH(X) & DRH(X) Phase changes?
The hysteresis of sulfate phase transition
aqueous
solids
Aerosol phase transition Aerosol direct forcing on climate?
Crystalline relative humidity Deliquesce relative humidity
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CRH
DRH
Treatment of hysteresis effect in previous studies
All previous forcing estimates diagnose the sulfate phase based on local RH only.
A full consideration of the hysteresis loop has not been made in the past estimate of sulfate climate forcing.
Chung et al., 2003
F: 18%, Haywood et al., 1997
24%, Martin et al., 2004
Limiting case studies
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Approach
Emission(SO2 and NH3)
Deposition(dry and wet)
Lab dataMartin et al. (2003)
CRH(x)
SO42-
NH4+
(NH4)3H(SO4)2
(NH4) HSO4
(NH4)2SO4
DRHLET
DRHAHS
DRHAS
aqueous solids
Sulfate-water system
Optical propertiesWang & Martin (2007)
Surface reflectanceKoelemeijer et al. (2003)
RTM (Fu & Liou, 1998)
Forcing calculations
GEOS-Chem CTMPark et al. (2003)
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Model results
% solids
23%
30%
45%
38%
Global annual (natural + anthropogenic) burden: 1.938 mg SO42- m-2
% of solids: 34%
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13%
17%
29%
24%
% solids
Annual global: 0.017; solids: 21%.
(natural + anthropogenic) sulfate aerosol optical thickness
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optical thickness & full-sky forcing of anthropogenic aerosols
Global & annual average of % Solids: 26% in , 31% in Fclr, 37% in Ffky.
16%
22%
36%
27%
26%
31%
47%
38%
% solids % solids
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Sensitivity analysis to the hysteresis effect
: -14%F: -7%
: +10%F: +8%
: +5%F: +5%
: 19%F: 12%
(compared to base case; anthropogenic component only)
Lower side Upper side
All aqueous “lower side” and “upper side” difference
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Regional difference can be ~20%
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Summary & Outlook
• Phase transition of sulfate aerosols is now developed in GEOS-Chem.
• For anthropogenic component only, solids contribute 26% to sulfate burden, 31% of clear-sky sulfate climate forcing, 37% of full-sky sulfate climate forcing, reflecting the correlation between solids and clear-sky conditions
• Hystereisis can result in the uncertainty in the forcing calculations by 12%.
• Using upper-side hysteresis loop overestimate forcing by +5%. Regional differences can be up to 20%.
• Future research is to look at the implication of modeled results for the study of cirrus cloud formation and modeling of O3.
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Sensitivity to other compounded factors
composition hysteresis F
(NH4)2SO4 yes -2% +4%
(NH4)2SO4 Upper side 5% 9%
(NH4)2SO4 Upper side
Backscattered fraction of aqueous = that of solids
5% 25.9%
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Full-sky (anthropogenic) sulfate direct climate forcing
Ffky = Fclr × cloud fraction
Annual global: 0.17 Wm-2
Solids: 37%
Ffky_sd/Fclry_sd = 0.5Ffky_aq/Fclr_aq = 0.4