Elevated ozone in the boundary layer at South Pole - Doug Davis
Elevated ozone in the boundary layer at South Pole - Doug Davis
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D. Helmig et al. / Atmospheric Environment 42 (2008) 2788–2803<br />
photochemical processes <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> sunlit snowpack,<br />
chemical reactions <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>at</strong>mospheric surface <strong>layer</strong><br />
and <strong>boundary</strong> <strong>layer</strong> dynamics.<br />
These comparisons denote <strong>the</strong> remarkable conditions<br />
<strong>at</strong> SP. In contrast to <strong>the</strong> pre-ISCAT understand<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
it is likely th<strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> lower <strong>boundary</strong> <strong>layer</strong> of<br />
large areas of Antarctica should be considered a<br />
spr<strong>in</strong>g–summertime source of surface <strong>ozone</strong> as has<br />
been shown <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 3D model<strong>in</strong>g results of Wang et<br />
al. (2007). The Antarctic pl<strong>at</strong>eau represents a unique<br />
situ<strong>at</strong>ion on this planet, where <strong>the</strong> comb<strong>in</strong><strong>at</strong>ion of<br />
snowpack emissions, susta<strong>in</strong>ed stable <strong>boundary</strong><br />
<strong>layer</strong> regimes, and <strong>the</strong> presence of 24-h unmodul<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
sunlight can be found. The significant <strong>ozone</strong><br />
production chemistry above <strong>the</strong> snowpack th<strong>at</strong><br />
results from <strong>the</strong>se conditions has hi<strong>the</strong>rto not been<br />
reported from any o<strong>the</strong>r polar or clean-air environment<br />
on Earth. N<strong>at</strong>ural <strong>ozone</strong> production <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
lower troposphere has been known to occur mostly<br />
<strong>in</strong> air affected by biomass burn<strong>in</strong>g plumes and <strong>in</strong><br />
areas th<strong>at</strong> are subjected to high NO x levels from<br />
lightn<strong>in</strong>g. The chemistry occurr<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>boundary</strong><br />
<strong>layer</strong> <strong>at</strong> SP represents ano<strong>the</strong>r situ<strong>at</strong>ion with<br />
significant <strong>ozone</strong> production <strong>in</strong> an environment<br />
th<strong>at</strong> is virtually devoid of human impacts.<br />
Acknowledgments<br />
This research was supported through <strong>the</strong> United<br />
St<strong>at</strong>es N<strong>at</strong>ional Science Found<strong>at</strong>ion (Office of Polar<br />
Programs, Grant #0230046). A. Drexler, J. Seiffert<br />
and M. Warshawsky helped with <strong>the</strong> balloon<br />
experiment <strong>at</strong> SP and I. Brown and T. Morse<br />
assisted <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> d<strong>at</strong>a analysis and prepar<strong>at</strong>ion of<br />
some of <strong>the</strong> color figures. We thank Ray<strong>the</strong>on Polar<br />
Services and <strong>the</strong> US 109th Air N<strong>at</strong>ional Guard for<br />
provid<strong>in</strong>g excellent logistical support and <strong>the</strong> <strong>South</strong><br />
<strong>Pole</strong> staff for an extraord<strong>in</strong>ary effort <strong>in</strong> accommod<strong>at</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>the</strong> te<strong>the</strong>red balloon experiment.<br />
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