Abundant Nitrate and Nitric Acid Aerosol in the Upper Troposphere and Lower 
Stratosphere

Yu, Pengfei; Lian, Siying; Zhu, Yunqian; Toon, Owen B.; Höpfner, Michael; Borrmann, Stephan

doi:10.1029/2022GL100258

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Abundant Nitrate and Nitric Acid Aerosol in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere

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Borrmann, Stephan
Particle Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Yu, P., Lian, S., Zhu, Y., Toon, O. B., Höpfner, M., & Borrmann, S. (2022). Abundant Nitrate and Nitric Acid Aerosol in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(18): e2022GL100258. doi: 10.1029/2022GL100258.

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The tropospheric and stratospheric nitrate aerosol is simulated by a sectional aerosol model coupled to the Community Earth System Model. The simulated nitrate mass fractional contribution to aerosols is significantly higher in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) than that at the surface. Both in situ measurements and simulations show that nitrate aerosol accounts for about 30%-40% of the aerosol mass at the tropopause of the Asian summer monsoon (ASM) region. Furthermore, simulated condensed nitric acid particles account for ∼20% of the annual mean aerosol mass at the tropical tropopause, and over 95% in the UTLS at the South Pole in June-July-August. Our study suggests that the extremely cold ambient conditions in the UTLS of the tropics, ASM and polar regions thermodynamically favor the condensation of ammonia and nitric acid. The widely distributed nitrate aerosol in the global UTLS may be overlooked by climate models.