Model-simulated trend of surface carbon monoxide for the 2001-2010 decade

Yoon, J.; Pozzer, A.

doi:10.5194/acp-14-10465-2014

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Model-simulated trend of surface carbon monoxide for the 2001-2010 decade

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Yoon, J.
Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Pozzer, A.
Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Yoon, J., & Pozzer, A. (2014). Model-simulated trend of surface carbon monoxide for the 2001-2010 decade. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14(19), 10465-10482. doi:10.5194/acp-14-10465-2014.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0024-B4F7-2

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We present decadal trend estimates of surface carbon monoxide (CO) simulated using the atmospheric chemistry general circulation model ECHAM5/MESSy (EMAC; ECHAM5 and MESSy stand for fifth-generation European Centre Hamburg general circulation model and Modular Earth Submodel System, respectively) based on the emission scenarios Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) 8.5 for anthropogenic activity and Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED) v3.1 for biomass burning from 2001 through 2010. The spatial distribution of the modeled surface CO is evaluated with monthly data from the Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) thermal infrared product. The global means of correlation coefficient and relative bias for the decade 2001-2010 are 0.95 and -4.29 %, respectively. We also find a reasonable correlation (R = 0.78) between the trends of EMAC surface CO and full 10-year monthly records from ground-based observation (World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases, WDCGG). Over western Europe, eastern USA, and northern Australia, the significant decreases in EMAC surface CO are estimated at -35.5 +/- 5.8, -59.6 +/- 9.1, and -13.7 +/- 9.5 ppbv decade(-)1(,) respectively. In contrast, the surface CO increases by +8.9 +/- 4.8 ppbv decade-1 over southern Asia. A high correlation (R = 0.92) between the changes in EMAC-simulated surface CO and total emission flux shows that the significant regional trends are attributed to the changes in primary and direct emissions from both anthropogenic activity and biomass burning.