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Title:
Atmospheric transport and chemistry of trace gases in LMDz5B: evaluation and implications for inverse modelling
 
Author(s):
Locatelli, R.; Bousquet, P.; Hourdin, F.; Saunois, M; Cozic, A.; Couvreux, F.; Grandpeix, J.-Y.; Lefebvre, M.-P.; Rio, C.; Bergamaschi, P.; Chambers, S.; Karstens, U.; Kazan, V.; Laan, van der S.; Meijer, H.A.J.; Moncrieff, J.; Ramonet, M.; Scheeren, H.A.; Schlosser, C.; Schmidt, M.; Vermeulen, A.T.; Williams, A.G.
 
Published by: Publication date:
ECN Environment & Energy Engineering 12-12-2014
 
ECN report number: Document type:
ECN-W--14-039 Article (scientific)
 
Number of pages:
30  

Published in: Geoscientific Model Development (European Geosciences Union), , 2015, Vol.8, p.129-150.

Abstract:
Representation of atmospheric transport is a major source of error in the estimation of greenhouse gas sources and sinks by inverse modelling. Here we assess the impact on trace gas mole fractions of the new physical parameterisations recently implemented in 5 the Atmospheric Global Climate Model LMDz to improve vertical diffusion, mesoscale mixing by thermal plumes in the planetary boundary layer (PBL), and deep convection in the troposphere. At the same time, the horizontal and vertical resolution of the model used in the inverse system has been increased. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of these developments on the representation of trace gas trans10 port and chemistry, and to anticipate the implications for inversions of greenhouse gas emissions using such an updated model. Comparison of a one-dimensional version of LMDz with large eddy simulations shows that the thermal scheme simulates shallow convective tracer transport in the PBL over land very efficiently, and much better than previous versions of the model. 15 This result is confirmed in three dimensional simulations, by a much improved reproduction of the Radon-222 diurnal cycle. However, the enhanced dynamics of tracer concentrations induces a stronger sensitivity of the new LMDz configuration to external meteorological forcings. At larger scales, the inter-hemispheric exchange is slightly slower when using the new version of the model, bringing them closer to observations. 20 The increase in the vertical resolution (from 19 to 39 layers) significantly improves the representation of stratosphere/troposphere exchange. Furthermore, changes in atmospheric thermodynamic variables, such as temperature, due to changes in the PBL mixing, significantly modify chemical reaction rates and the equilibrium value of reactive trace gases. 25 One implication of LMDz model developments for future inversions of greenhouse gas emissions is the ability of the updated system to assimilate a larger amount of highfrequency data sampled at high-variability stations. Others implications are discussed at the end of the paper.


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