Composition and physical properties of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer and the North American Tropospheric Aerosol Layer: Composition of ATAL and NATAL

Yu, Pengfei; Toon, Owen B.; Neely, Ryan R.; Martinsson, Bengt G.; Brenninkmeijer, Carl A.  M.

doi:10.1002/2015gl063181

Title: Composition and physical properties of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer and the North American Tropospheric Aerosol Layer: Composition of ATAL and NATAL

Journal Article · Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2015gl063181· OSTI ID:1354907

^[1]; Toon, Owen B. ^[1]; Neely, Ryan R. ^[2]; Martinsson, Bengt G. ^[3]; Brenninkmeijer, Carl A. M. ^[4]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Lab. for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Univ. of Leeds (United Kingdom). National Centre for Atmospheric Science and Inst. of Climate and Atmospheric Science; National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States). Atmospheric Chemistry Division; Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). CIRES
Lund Univ. (Sweden). Division of Nuclear Physics
Air Chemistry Division, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (Otto Hahn Institute), Mainz Germany; Max Planck Society, Mainz (Germany). Max Planck Inst. for Chemistry. Division of Nuclear Physics

Recent studies revealed layers of enhanced aerosol scattering in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere over Asia (Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer (ATAL)) and North America (North American Tropospheric Aerosol Layer (NATAL)). We use a sectional aerosol model (Community Aerosol and Radiation Model for Atmospheres (CARMA)) coupled with the Community Earth System Model version 1 (CESM1) to explore the composition and optical properties of these aerosol layers. The observed aerosol extinction enhancement is reproduced by CESM1/CARMA. Both model and observations indicate a strong gradient of the sulfur-to-carbon ratio from Europe to the Asia on constant pressure surfaces. We found that the ATAL is mostly composed of sulfates, surface-emitted organics, and secondary organics; the NATAL is mostly composed of sulfates and secondary organics. In conclusion, the model also suggests that emission increases in Asia between 2000 and 2010 led to an increase of aerosol optical depth of the ATAL by 0.002 on average which is consistent with observations.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-97ER62402

OSTI ID:: 1354907

Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 42, Issue 7; ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 49 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (30)

The North American Monsoon Adams, David K.; Comrie, Andrew C. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 78, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<2197:TNAM>2.0.CO;2	journal	October 1997
Cost-effective control of air quality and greenhouse gases in Europe: Modeling and policy applications Amann, Markus; Bertok, Imrich; Borken-Kleefeld, Jens Environmental Modelling & Software, Vol. 26, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.07.012	journal	December 2011
Sulfur chemistry in the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Climate Model: Description, evaluation, features, and sensitivity to aqueous chemistry Barth, M. C.; Rasch, P. J.; Kiehl, J. T. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol. 105, Issue D1 https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JD900773	journal	January 2000
Civil Aircraft for the regular investigation of the atmosphere based on an instrumented container: The new CARIBIC system Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M.; Crutzen, P.; Boumard, F. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 7, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-7-4953-2007	journal	January 2007
The role of carbonyl sulphide as a source of stratospheric sulphate aerosol and its impact on climate Brühl, C.; Lelieveld, J.; Crutzen, P. J. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 12, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-1239-2012	journal	January 2012
Description and evaluation of the Model for Ozone and Related chemical Tracers, version 4 (MOZART-4) Emmons, L. K.; Walters, S.; Hess, P. G. Geoscientific Model Development, Vol. 3, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-3-43-2010	journal	January 2010
Microphysical simulations of new particle formation in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere English, J. M.; Toon, O. B.; Mills, M. J. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 11, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-9303-2011	journal	January 2011
Aerosol composition of the tropical upper troposphere Froyd, K. D.; Murphy, D. M.; Sanford, T. J. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 9, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-4363-2009	journal	January 2009
Estimates of global terrestrial isoprene emissions using MEGAN (Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature) Guenther, A.; Karl, T.; Harley, P. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 6, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-6-3181-2006	journal	January 2006
A parameterization of size resolved below cloud scavenging of aerosols by rain Henzing, J. S.; Olivié, D. J. L.; van Velthoven, P. F. J. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 6, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-6-3363-2006	journal	January 2006
Water activity as the determinant for homogeneous ice nucleation in aqueous solutions Koop, Thomas; Luo, Beiping; Tsias, Athanasios Nature, Vol. 406, Issue 6796 https://doi.org/10.1038/35020537	journal	August 2000
Comparison between CARIBIC Aerosol Samples Analysed by Accelerator-Based Methods and Optical Particle Counter Measurements Martinsson, B. G.; Friberg, J.; Andersson, S. M. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Vol. 7, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-2581-2014	journal	January 2014
Recent anthropogenic increases in SO ₂ from Asia have minimal impact on stratospheric aerosol : IMPACT OF ASIAN SO Neely, R. R.; Toon, O. B.; Solomon, S. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 40, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50263	journal	March 2013
The contribution of anthropogenic SO ₂ emissions to the Asian tropopause aerosol layer Neely, R. R.; Yu, P.; Rosenlof, K. H. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol. 119, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JD020578	journal	February 2014
Design and Calibration of a Multi-Channel Aerosol Sampler for Tropopause Region Studies from the CARIBIC Platform Nguyen, Hung N.; Gudmundsson, Anders; Martinsson, Bengt G. Aerosol Science and Technology, Vol. 40, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1080/02786820600767807	journal	June 2006
An Asian emission inventory of anthropogenic emission sources for the period 1980–2020 Ohara, T.; Akimoto, H.; Kurokawa, J. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 7, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-7-4419-2007	journal	January 2007
Transport pathways of carbon monoxide in the Asian summer monsoon diagnosed from Model of Ozone and Related Tracers (MOZART) Park, Mijeong; Randel, William J.; Emmons, Louisa K. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 114, Issue D8 https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD010621	journal	January 2009
Global modeling of organic aerosol: the importance of reactive nitrogen (NO _x and NO ₃ ) Pye, H. O. T.; Chan, A. W. H.; Barkley, M. P. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 10, Issue 22 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-11261-2010	journal	January 2010
Asian Monsoon Transport of Pollution to the Stratosphere Randel, W. J.; Park, M.; Emmons, L. Science, Vol. 328, Issue 5978 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1182274	journal	March 2010
The Persistently Variable "Background" Stratospheric Aerosol Layer and Global Climate Change Solomon, S.; Daniel, J. S.; Neely, R. R. Science, Vol. 333, Issue 6044 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1206027	journal	July 2011
Improved SAGE II cloud/aerosol categorization and observations of the Asian tropopause aerosol layer: 1989–2005 Thomason, L. W.; Vernier, J. -P. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 13, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-4605-2013	journal	January 2013
Interannual variability in global biomass burning emissions from 1997 to 2004 van der Werf, G. R.; Randerson, J. T.; Giglio, L. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 6, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-6-3423-2006	journal	January 2006
Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, forest, agricultural, and peat fires (1997–2009) van der Werf, G. R.; Randerson, J. T.; Giglio, L. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 10, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-11707-2010	journal	January 2010
CALIPSO detection of an Asian tropopause aerosol layer: ATAL Vernier, J. -P.; Thomason, L. W.; Kar, J. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 38, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL046614	journal	April 2011
Major influence of tropical volcanic eruptions on the stratospheric aerosol layer during the last decade: VOLCANIC INFLUENCE AERO STRATO Vernier, J. -P.; Thomason, L. W.; Pommereau, J. -P. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 38, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL047563	journal	June 2011
Increase in upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric aerosol levels and its potential connection with Asian pollution: ATAL nature and origin Vernier, J. -P.; Fairlie, T. D.; Natarajan, M. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol. 120, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022372	journal	February 2015
The Fire INventory from NCAR (FINN): a high resolution global model to estimate the emissions from open burning Wiedinmyer, C.; Akagi, S. K.; Yokelson, R. J. Geoscientific Model Development, Vol. 4, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-4-625-2011	journal	January 2011
Global variations of HDO and HDO/H ₂ O ratios in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere derived from ACE-FTS satellite measurements : WATER VAPOR ISOTOPES FROM ACE-FTS Randel, William J.; Moyer, Elisabeth; Park, Mijeong Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol. 117, Issue D6 https://doi.org/10.1029/2011jd016632	journal	March 2012
Civil aircraft for the regular investigation of the atmosphere based on an instrumented container: the new CARIBIC system Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M.; Crutzen, P.; Boumard, F. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics https://doi.org/10.5194/acpd-7-5277-2007	journal	April 2007
The Fire INventory from NCAR (FINN) – a high resolution global model to estimate the emissions from open burning Wiedinmyer, C.; Akagi, S. K.; Yokelson, R. J. Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, Vol. 3, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmdd-3-2439-2010	journal	January 2010

Cited By (27)

Stratospheric aerosol-Observations, processes, and impact on climate: Stratospheric Aerosol Kremser, Stefanie; Thomason, Larry W.; von Hobe, Marc Reviews of Geophysics, Vol. 54, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/2015rg000511	journal	May 2016
Transport of chemical tracers from the boundary layer to stratosphere associated with the dynamics of the Asian summer monsoon: CHEMICAL TRANSPORT BY THE ASIAN MONSOON Pan, Laura L.; Honomichl, Shawn B.; Kinnison, Douglas E. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol. 121, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jd025616	journal	December 2016
Cirrus Clouds and Their Response to Anthropogenic Activities Kärcher, Bernd Current Climate Change Reports, Vol. 3, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-017-0060-3	journal	February 2017
Efficient In-Cloud Removal of Aerosols by Deep Convection Yu, Pengfei; Froyd, Karl D.; Portmann, Robert W. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 46, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080544	journal	January 2019
Ammonium nitrate particles formed in upper troposphere from ground ammonia sources during Asian monsoons Höpfner, Michael; Ungermann, Jörn; Borrmann, Stephan Nature Geoscience, Vol. 12, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0385-8	journal	July 2019
Origin, Maintenance and Variability of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer (ATAL): The Roles of Monsoon Dynamics Lau, William K. M.; Yuan, Cheng; Li, Zhanqing Scientific Reports, Vol. 8, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22267-z	journal	March 2018
Elevated aerosol layer over South Asia worsens the Indian droughts Fadnavis, Suvarna; Sabin, T. P.; Roy, Chaitri Scientific Reports, Vol. 9, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46704-9	journal	July 2019
Efficient transport of tropospheric aerosol into the stratosphere via the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone Yu, Pengfei; Rosenlof, Karen H.; Liu, Shang Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 114, Issue 27 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701170114	journal	June 2017
Five-S-isotope evidence of two distinct mass-independent sulfur isotope effects and implications for the modern and Archean atmospheres Lin, Mang; Zhang, Xiaolin; Li, Menghan Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 115, Issue 34 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1803420115	journal	August 2018
The South Asian monsoon—pollution pump and purifier Lelieveld, J.; Bourtsoukidis, E.; Brühl, C. Science, Vol. 361, Issue 6399 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar2501	journal	June 2018
Variability and evolution of the midlatitude stratospheric aerosol budget from 22 years of ground-based lidar and satellite observations Khaykin, Sergey M.; Godin-Beekmann, Sophie; Keckhut, Philippe Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 17, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1829-2017	journal	January 2017
Investigation of the aerosol–cloud–rainfall association over the Indian summer monsoon region Sarangi, Chandan; Tripathi, Sachchida Nand; Kanawade, Vijay P. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 17, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5185-2017	journal	January 2017
Modeling the aerosol chemical composition of the tropopause over the Tibetan Plateau during the Asian summer monsoon Ma, Jianzhong; Brühl, Christoph; He, Qianshan Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 19, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11587-2019	journal	January 2019
Transport of the 2017 Canadian wildfire plume to the tropics via the Asian monsoon circulation Kloss, Corinna; Berthet, Gwenaël; Sellitto, Pasquale Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 19, Issue 21 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13547-2019	journal	January 2019
Relationship between Asian monsoon strength and transport of surface aerosols to the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer (ATAL): interannual variability and decadal changes Yuan, Cheng; Lau, William K. M.; Li, Zhanqing Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 19, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1901-2019	journal	January 2019
Improvement of stratospheric aerosol extinction retrieval from OMPS/LP using a new aerosol model Chen, Zhong; Bhartia, Pawan K.; Loughman, Robert Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Vol. 11, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6495-2018	journal	January 2018
Year-round stratospheric aerosol backscatter ratios calculated from lidar measurements above northern Norway Langenbach, Arvid; Baumgarten, Gerd; Fiedler, Jens Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Vol. 12, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4065-2019	journal	January 2019
The Interactive Stratospheric Aerosol Model Intercomparison Project (ISA-MIP): motivation and experimental design Timmreck, Claudia; Mann, Graham W.; Aquila, Valentina Geoscientific Model Development, Vol. 11, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2581-2018	journal	January 2018
Improved tropospheric and stratospheric sulfur cycle in the aerosol–chemistry–climate model SOCOL-AERv2 Feinberg, Aryeh; Sukhodolov, Timofei; Luo, Bei-Ping Geoscientific Model Development, Vol. 12, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3863-2019	journal	January 2019
Improvement of stratospheric aerosol extinction retrieval from OMPS/LP using a new aerosol model Chen, Zhong; Bhartia, Pawan K.; Loughman, Robert Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2018-221	posted_content	July 2018
Ammonium nitrate particles formed in upper troposphere from ground ammonia sources during Asian monsoons Höpfner, Michael; Ungermann, J.; Borrmann, S. Karlsruhe https://doi.org/10.5445/ir/1000096927	text	January 2019
The Interactive Stratospheric Aerosol Model Intercomparison Project (ISA-MIP): motivation and experimental design Timmreck, Claudia; Mann, Graham W.; Aquila, Valentina ETH Zurich https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000277280	text	January 2018
Year-round stratospheric aerosol backscatter ratios calculated from lidar measurements above Northern Norway Brand, Arvid; Baumgarten, Gerd; Fiedler, Jens Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2019-57	posted_content	March 2019
Improved tropospheric and stratospheric sulfur cycle in the aerosol-chemistry-climate model SOCOL-AERv2 Feinberg, Aryeh; Sukhodolov, Timofei; Luo, Bei-Ping ETH Zurich https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000364139	text	January 2019
Exploring the inorganic composition of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer using medium-duration balloon flights Hazel, Vernier,; Neeraj, Rastogi,; Hongyu, Liu, ETH Zurich https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000575027	text	January 2022
Global modelling studies of composition and decadal trends of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer Bossolasco, Adriana; Jegou, Fabrice; Sellitto, Pasquale Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-677	journal	August 2020
Global modeling studies of composition and decadal trends of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer Bossolasco, Adriana; Jegou, Fabrice; Sellitto, Pasquale Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 21, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2745-2021	journal	February 2021

Similar Records

Annual cycle of aerosol properties over the central Arctic during MOSAiC 2019–2020 – light-extinction, CCN, and INP levels from the boundary layer to the tropopause

Journal Article · Thu Oct 12 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online) · OSTI ID:1354907

Ansmann, Albert; Ohneiser, Kevin; Engelmann, Ronny; +14 more

Evolution of Asian aerosols during transpacific transport in INTEX-B

Journal Article · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9(19):7257-7287 · OSTI ID:1354907

Dunlea, E J; DeCarlo, Peter; Aiken, Allison; +17 more

Toward a Minimal Representation of Aerosols in Climate Models: Description and Evaluation in the Community Atmosphere Model CAM5

Journal Article · Mon May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · Geoscientific Model Development · OSTI ID:1354907

Liu, Xiaohong; Easter, Richard C; Ghan, Steven J; +19 more

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
58 GEOSCIENCES
ATAL
NATAL

Title: Composition and physical properties of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer and the North American Tropospheric Aerosol Layer: Composition of ATAL and NATAL

Citation Formats

References (30)

Cited By (27)

Similar Records

Related Subjects