Nitrogen Oxides Emissions, Chemistry, Deposition, and Export Over the Northeast United States During the WINTER Aircraft Campaign

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dc.contributor.authorJaeglé, L.
dc.contributor.authorShah, V.
dc.contributor.authorThornton, J. A.
dc.contributor.authorLopez‐Hilfiker, F. D.
dc.contributor.authorLee, B. H.
dc.contributor.authorMcDuffie, E. E.
dc.contributor.authorFibiger, D.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, S. S.
dc.contributor.authorVeres, P.
dc.contributor.authorSparks, T. L.
dc.contributor.authorEbben, C. J.
dc.contributor.authorWooldridge, P. J.
dc.contributor.authorKenagy, H. S.
dc.contributor.authorCohen, R. C.
dc.contributor.authorWeinheimer, A. J.
dc.contributor.authorCampos, T. L.
dc.contributor.authorMontzka, D. D.
dc.contributor.authorDiGangi, J. P.
dc.contributor.authorWolfe, Glenn
dc.contributor.authorHanisco, T.
dc.contributor.authorSchroder, J. C.
dc.contributor.authorCampuzano‐Jost, P.
dc.contributor.authorDay, D. A.
dc.contributor.authorJimenez, J. L.
dc.contributor.authorSullivan, A. P.
dc.contributor.authorGuo, H.
dc.contributor.authorWeber, R. J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-21T15:31:44Z
dc.date.available2020-09-21T15:31:44Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-09
dc.description.abstractWe examine the distribution and fate of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the lower troposphere over the Northeast United States (NE US) using aircraft observations from the Wintertime INvestigation of Transport, Emissions, and Reactivity (WINTER) campaign in February–March 2015, as well as the GEOS‐Chem chemical transport model and concurrent ground‐based observations. We find that the National Emission Inventory from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is consistent with WINTER observations of total reactive nitrogen (TNOy) to within 10% on average, in contrast to the significant overestimate reported in past studies under warmer conditions. Updates to the dry deposition scheme and dinitrogen pentoxide (N₂O5) reactive uptake probability, ɣ(N₂O5), result in an improved simulation of gas‐phase nitric acid (HNO₃) and submicron particulate nitrate (pNO₃−), reducing the longstanding factor of 2–3 overestimate in wintertime HNO₃ + pNO₃− to a 50% positive bias. We find a NOx lifetime against chemical loss and deposition of 22 hr in the lower troposphere over the NE US. Chemical loss of NOx is dominated by N₂O5 hydrolysis (58% of loss) and reaction with OH (33%), while 7% of NOx leads to the production of organic nitrates. Wet and dry deposition account for 55% and 45% of TNOy deposition over land, respectively. We estimate that 42% of the NOx emitted is exported from the NE US boundary layer during winter, mostly in the form of HNO₃ + pNO₃− (40%) and NOx (38%).en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by fundingfrom the National Science Foundation(NSF) to L. J. and J. A. T. (AGS 1360745).Work by A. S., H. G., and R. W. wassupported by NSF (AGS 1360730). J. C.S., P. C. J., D. A. D., and J. L. J. weresupported by NSF (AGS-13 60834) andNASA (NNX15AT96G). WINTER data areavailable on the NCAR website (http://data.eol.ucar.edu/master_list/?project=WINTER). The authors would like tothank the NSF-NCAR Research AircraftFacility engineers, scientists, pilots, andstaff membersen_US
dc.description.urihttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018JD029133en_US
dc.format.extent26 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2m7h4-prxb
dc.identifier.citationL. Jaeglé et al., Nitrogen Oxides Emissions, Chemistry, Deposition, and Export Over the Northeast United States During the WINTER Aircraft Campaign, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume123, Issue21, Pages 12,368-12,393 (2018), doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029133en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029133
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/19694
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dc.titleNitrogen Oxides Emissions, Chemistry, Deposition, and Export Over the Northeast United States During the WINTER Aircraft Campaignen_US
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