Attribution of Excess Methane Emissions Over Marine Environments of the 
Mediterranean and Arabian Peninsula

Bourtsoukidis, E.; Germain-Piaulenne, E.; Gros, V.; Quéhé, P.-Y.; Pikridas, M.; Byron, J.; Williams, J.; Gliddon, D.; Mohamed, R.; Ekaabi, R.; Lelieveld, J.; Sciare, J.; Teixidó, O.; Paris, J.-D.

doi:10.1029/2024JD041621

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Attribution of Excess Methane Emissions Over Marine Environments of the Mediterranean and Arabian Peninsula

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

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

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

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Bourtsoukidis, E., Germain-Piaulenne, E., Gros, V., Quéhé, P.-Y., Pikridas, M., Byron, J., Williams, J., Gliddon, D., Mohamed, R., Ekaabi, R., Lelieveld, J., Sciare, J., Teixidó, O., & Paris, J.-D. (2024). Attribution of Excess Methane Emissions Over Marine Environments of the Mediterranean and Arabian Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(19):. doi:10.1029/2024JD041621.

引用: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0010-4E59-4

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Tropospheric ozone (O3) is an important greenhouse gas that is also hazardous to human health. The formation of O3 is sensitive to the levels of its precursors NOx (≡NO + NO2) and peroxy radicals, for example, generated by the oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). A better understanding of this sensitivity will show how changes in the levels of these trace gases could affect O3 levels today and in the future, and thus air quality and climate. In this study, we investigate O3 sensitivity in the tropical troposphere based on in situ observations of NO, HO2 and O3 from four research aircraft campaigns between 2015 and 2023. These are OMO (Oxidation Mechanism Observations), ATom (Atmospheric Tomography Mission), CAFE Africa (Chemistry of the Atmosphere Field Experiment in Africa) and CAFE Brazil, in combination with simulations using the EMAC atmospheric chemistry—climate model. We use the metric α(CH3O2) together with NO to investigate the O3 formation sensitivity. We show that O3 formation is generally NOx-sensitive in the lower and middle tropical troposphere and is in a transition regime in the upper troposphere. By distinguishing observations impacted by lightning or not we show that NO from lightning is the most important driver of O3 sensitivity in the tropics. NOx-sensitive chemistry predominates in regions without lightning impact, with α(CH3O2) ranging between 0.56 and 0.82 and observed average O3 levels between 35 and 55 ppbv. Areas affected by lightning exhibit strongly VOC-sensitive O3 chemistry with α(CH3O2) of about 1 and average O3 levels between 55 and 80 ppbv.