Objective
To improve the understanding of the direct and indirect climate inluences of anthropogenic trace species in the atmosphere.
The main focus is on the estimation and explanation of changes in atmospheric chemistry and consequent climate forcings caused by radiatively active gases and aerosols.
The project is a combined effort by researchers in the field of atmospheric chemistry and climate modelling, and is building upon the collaboration and results obtained during the first SINDICATE project.
The chemistry general circulation model ECHAM, which includes troposphere and stratosphere descriptions of higher hydrocarbon and heterogeneous chemistry schemes, descriptions of aerosol formation, growth and removal processes, and a radiation scheme to calculate radiative forcings, will be further developed.
The off-line transport/chemistry model TM2 will likewise be further developed. The model uses ECMWF and ECHAM calculated meteorological fields, and is extended to include higher hydrocarbon and heterogeneous chemistry schemes, descriptions of aerosol formation, growth and removal processes, and a radiation scheme to calculate climate forcings.
A 'Zoom' model of TM2 model (1 by 1 horizontal resolution) will be developed for use on regional scales (e. g. Europe) for comparison with data from measurin campaigns and relatively dense monitoring networks.
The ECHAM and TM2 models will be validated by systematic comparisons between calculated and observed concentrations of NMHC, CH4, NOx, CO, SO2, and the reaction products ozone, sulfate and nitrate.
Based on these developments direct and indirect climate forcings for changing concentrations of NMHC, CH4, CFCs, N2O, NOx, CO and SO2 will be calculated. The climate responses from changing NMHC, CH4, CFCs, N2O, NOx , CO, and SO2 emissions and concentrations for the period from 1880 to present will be established and compared with observed trends in temperature, precipitation and trace gas concentrations.
The impact of the Pinatubo eruption on the concentration of stratospheric ozone and the effects on the temperature and the circulation in the stratosphere will be calculated and compared with observations.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences chemical sciences organic chemistry hydrocarbons
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences atmospheric sciences meteorology troposphere
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20146 HAMBURG
Germany
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