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List of <strong>Abstracts</strong> 63will be compared to those reported in IPCC AR4 and from previous intercomparisons (e.g. ACCENT,HTAP).P-Chemistry Climate.9 ID:4337 15:35Potential climate feedbacks involving the methane cycleFiona O'Connor, Bill CollinsMet Office Hadley CentreContact: fiona.oconnor@metoffice.gov.ukNatural emissions of methane may increase in a warmer climate due to potential feedbacks in the EarthSystem related to wetlands, permafrost, and marine hydrates. As a result, atmospheric methaneconcentrations could continue to rise over the next century despite efforts to reduce anthropogenicemissions.In this study, the atmospheric response to methane pulse emissions is investigated and the sensitivity of theresponse to the size, location, and season of release is also explored. A particular focus of the atmosphericresponse is on methane itself, methane lifetime, tropospheric ozone, stratospheric water vapor, radiativeforcing, and the 100-year global warming potential. The impact of methane emissions on the direct andindirect effects of sulfate and nitrate aerosol is also examined.On the basis of these experiments, the forcing resulting from a potential methane release from wetlandsand/or permafrost is estimated for a range of climate change scenarios.P-Chemistry Climate.10 ID:4404 15:35Does the location of aircraft nitrogen oxide emissions affect their climate impact?David Stevenson 1 , Dick Derwent 21 University of Edinburgh2 rdscientificContact: dstevens@staffmail.ed.ac.ukWe present results from 112 one-year global chemistry-transport model integrations: a base case, thenvariants with extra aircraft nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions added to specific regions in the first month(July). The NOx stimulates ozone (O3) production and methane (CH4) destruction. Responses varyspatially: low background NOx regions are most sensitive. Integrated (100-year time horizon) radiativeforcings (IRF) are calculated. Net (O3 + CH4) IRFs for July aviation NOx are generally negative: the globalaverage, weighted by emissions, is -1.9 mW m-2 yr(Tg NO2)-1. The positive IRF associated with the shorttermO3 increase (4.1 mW m-2 yr(Tg NO2)-1) is overwhelmed by the effects of the long-term CH4decrease. Aircraft NOx net IRFs are spatially variable, with July values over the remote Pacificapproximately balancing the IRF associated with aviation CO2 emissions (28 mW m-2 yr(Tg NO2)-1). Theoverall climate impact of global aviation is often represented by a simple multiplier for CO2 emissions.These results show that this is inappropriate.P-Chemistry Climate.11 ID:4228 15:35A Reassessment of the net climate impact of aviationNadine UngerNASA GISS / Columbia UniversityiCACGP-<strong>IGAC</strong> 2010 12 July, 2010

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