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    Future changes of the atmospheric composition and the impact of climate change

    Authors:

    Volker Grewe ,

    DLR Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, DE; NASA-Goddard Institute of Space Studies/Columbia University, US
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    Martin Dameris,

    DLR Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, DE
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    Ralf Hein,

    DLR Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, DE
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    Robert Sausen,

    DLR Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, DE
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    Benedikt Steil

    Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry; Now at Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, DE
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    Abstract

    The development of the future atmospheric chemical composition is investigated with respect to NOy and O3 by means of the off-line coupled dynamic-chemical general circulation model ECHAM3/CHEM. Two time slice experiments have been performed for the years 1992 and 2015, which include changes in sea surface temperatures, greenhouse gas concentrations, emissions of CFCs, NOx and other species, i.e., the 2015 simulation accounts for changes in chemically relevant emissions and for a climate change and its impact on air chemistry. The 2015 simulation clearly shows a global increase in ozone except for large areas of the lower stratosphere, where no significant changes or even decreases in the ozone concentration are found. For a better understanding of the importance of (A) emissions like NOx and CFCs, (B) future changes of air temperature and water vapour concentration, and (C) other dynamical parameters, like precipitation and changes in the circulation, diabatic circulation, stratosphere-troposphere-exchange, the simulation of the future atmosphere has been performed stepwise. This method requires a climate-chemistry model without interactive coupling of chemical species. Model results show that the direct effect of emissions (A) plays a major rôle for the composition of the future atmosphere, but they also clearly show that climate change (B and C) has a significant impact and strongly reduces the NOy and ozone concentration in the lower stratosphere.

    How to Cite: Grewe, V., Dameris, M., Hein, R., Sausen, R. and Steil, B., 2001. Future changes of the atmospheric composition and the impact of climate change. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 53(2), pp.103–121. DOI: http://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v53i2.16551
      Published on 01 Jan 2001
    Peer Reviewed
     CC BY 4.0
     Accepted on 11 Nov 2000            Submitted on 29 Feb 2000

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