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The meteorological environment of the tropospheric ozone maximum over the tropical South Atlantic

Abstract

This paper examines atmospheric flow patterns over the Southern Atlantic Ocean, where a maximum of tropospheric ozone is observed just west of Southern Africa. The climatology of the South Atlantic basin is shown to favour flow off from South America and Africa converging into the area of high tropospheric ozone. This ozone is initially attributable to byproducts of biomass burning over both these continents. A case study, carried out over 6 days during October 1989, was used to determine the effect of a purely advective scheme (no photochemistry) on the distribution of ozone over the basin. The results showed a pattern in which ozone accumulated off the west coast of South Africa within 72 hours after beginning with an homogenous, zonally-symmetric distribution of ozone. 11 refs.
Authors:
Krishnamurti, T N; Fuelberg, H E; Bensman, E L; Sinha, M C; Oosterhof, D; Kumar, V B [1] 
  1. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (United States). Department of Meteorology
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1993
Product Type:
Miscellaneous
Report Number:
CONF-9301147-
Reference Number:
CLG-94-080730; EDB-94-111754
Resource Relation:
Conference: International conference on sustainable development strategies and global/regional/local impacts on atmospheric composition and climate, New Delhi (India), 25-30 Jan 1993; Other Information: IEACR LIB; Related Information: In: Extended abstracts. International conference on sustainable development strategies and global/regional/local impacts on atmospheric composition and climate, 366 p
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; ADVECTION; AFRICA; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY SOURCES; LATIN AMERICA; MASS TRANSFER; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; SEAS; SURFACE WATERS; 540120* - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
OSTI ID:
7083142
Research Organizations:
Indian Inst. of Tech., New Delhi (India). Centre for Atmospheric Sciences
Country of Origin:
India
Language:
English
Availability:
Centre for atmospheric sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi-110016, India
Submitting Site:
CLA
Size:
Pages: 114-116; (366 p)
Announcement Date:
May 13, 2001

Citation Formats

Krishnamurti, T N, Fuelberg, H E, Bensman, E L, Sinha, M C, Oosterhof, D, and Kumar, V B. The meteorological environment of the tropospheric ozone maximum over the tropical South Atlantic. India: N. p., 1993. Web.
Krishnamurti, T N, Fuelberg, H E, Bensman, E L, Sinha, M C, Oosterhof, D, & Kumar, V B. The meteorological environment of the tropospheric ozone maximum over the tropical South Atlantic. India.
Krishnamurti, T N, Fuelberg, H E, Bensman, E L, Sinha, M C, Oosterhof, D, and Kumar, V B. 1993. "The meteorological environment of the tropospheric ozone maximum over the tropical South Atlantic." India.
@misc{etde_7083142,
title = {The meteorological environment of the tropospheric ozone maximum over the tropical South Atlantic}
author = {Krishnamurti, T N, Fuelberg, H E, Bensman, E L, Sinha, M C, Oosterhof, D, and Kumar, V B}
abstractNote = {This paper examines atmospheric flow patterns over the Southern Atlantic Ocean, where a maximum of tropospheric ozone is observed just west of Southern Africa. The climatology of the South Atlantic basin is shown to favour flow off from South America and Africa converging into the area of high tropospheric ozone. This ozone is initially attributable to byproducts of biomass burning over both these continents. A case study, carried out over 6 days during October 1989, was used to determine the effect of a purely advective scheme (no photochemistry) on the distribution of ozone over the basin. The results showed a pattern in which ozone accumulated off the west coast of South Africa within 72 hours after beginning with an homogenous, zonally-symmetric distribution of ozone. 11 refs.}
place = {India}
year = {1993}
month = {Jan}
}