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Chemical perturbations in the planetary boundary layer and their relevance for chemistry transport modelling

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The role of perturbations of reactive trace gas concentration distributions in turbulent flows in the planetary boundary layer (PBL) is discussed. The paper focuses on disturbances with larger spatial scales. Sequential nesting of a chemical transport model is applied to assess the effect of neglecting subgrid chemical perturbations on the formation and loss of ozone, NO x , peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) and HNO3 calculated with a highly complex chemical mechanism. The results point to characteristic differences regarding the process of mixing of chemically reactive species in the PBL and lower troposphere.

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  1. Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Cologne, Aachener Str. 209, 50931, Cologne, Germany

    Adolf Ebel, Michael Memmesheimer & Hermann J. Jakobs

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Ebel, A., Memmesheimer, M., Jakobs, H.J. (2007). Chemical perturbations in the planetary boundary layer and their relevance for chemistry transport modelling. In: Baklanov, A., Grisogono, B. (eds) Atmospheric Boundary Layers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74321-9_8

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