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Air Quality and Climate Connections
AQAST9St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
June 3, 2015
Arlene M. Fiore
Acknowledgments: V. Naik (GFDL), E. Leibensperger (SUNY Plattsburgh), J. Bachmann (Vision Air Consulting), M. Lin (Princeton/GFDL) O. Clifton, G. Correa, J. Guo, N. Mascioli, G. Milly, L. Murray, L. Valin (CU/LDEO)AQM Contacts: Pat Dolwick (EPA/OAR), Joe Pinto (EPA/NCEA), Terry Keating (EPA/OAR/OPAR), Gail Tonnesen (EPA Region 8)
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Tropospheric ozone and precursors contribute to climate forcing from pre-industrial to present-day
Adapted by E. Leibensperger (SUNY Plattsburgh) from IPCC, 2013 for Fiore, Naik, Leibensperger, in press
Radiative Forcing componentsCO2, CH4, Strat. H2O, Trop. O3
PM and precursors also contribute to climate forcing from pre-industrial to present-day
Net impact of aerosols (-0.9 W m-2) opposes warming from GHGsAdapted by E. Leibensperger (SUNY Plattsburgh) from IPCC, 2013 for Fiore, Naik, Leibensperger, in press
Radiative Forcing componentsCO2, CH4, Strat. H2O, Trop. O3sulfate, nitrate, dust BC (BF+FF; BB; snow albedo)OC (BF+FF; BB)
Air pollutants are Near-Term Climate Forcers (NTCFs); CO2 dominates long-term climate (peak warming)
Adapted by E. Leibensperger (SUNY Plattsburgh) from IPCC, 2013 for Fiore, Naik, Leibensperger, in press
Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) = warming NTCFs
Radiative Forcing componentsCO2, CH4, Strat. H2O, Trop. O3sulfate, nitrate, dust BC (BF+FF; BB; snow Albedo)OC (BF+FF; BB)
Reducing air pollutant SLCPs lessens near-term climate warming (and improves air quality by decreasing background O3; PM2.5)
Adapted from Fig 12 Fiore et al. 2015
Target CH4 and some BC-rich sources to offset near-term warming from health-motivated controls on SO2 emissions
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Mitigate BOTH near-term AND long-term climate change by reducing SLCPs AND CO2
Adapted from Fig 12 Fiore et al. 2015
CO2 and SLCPs can induce other climate responses that affect pollution levels:• Hydrologic cycle • Circulation patterns (including“air pollution meteorology”)
Shindell et al., 2012
Shoemaker & Schrag, 2013
Ozone and particulate matter build up during heat wave; cold fronts ventilate the polluted boundary layer
Warmer climate more heat waves more pollution? Figure 7 of Fiore, Naik, Leibensperger, JAWMA, 2015
Implies that changes in climate (via regional air pollution meteorology) will influence air quality
Downward trend in O3 as EUS NOx emission controls are implemented
Observations at U.S. EPA CASTNet site Penn State, PA 41N, 78W, 378m
July mean MDA8 O3 and July mean daily maximum temperature
O3 correlates with surface temperature on daily to inter-annual time scales in polluted regions [e.g., Bloomer et al., 2009; Camalier et
al., 2007; Cardelino and Chameides, 1990; Clark and Karl, 1982; Korsog and Wolff, 1991]
G. Milly
Figure 6a of Fiore, Naik, Leibensperger, JAWMA, 2015
Decreasing NOx emissions reduces sensitivity of O3 to temperature; helps to guard against any “climate penalty”[e.g., Bloomer et al., 2009; Rasmussen et al., 2012; Brown-Steiner et al., 2015]
1988-2001: 4.1 ppb/C2002-2014: 2.4 ppb/C
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Historically observed relationships may not hold as emissions change Meteorology may also change [e.g., Barnes & Fiore, 2013; Shen et al., 2015]
G. Milly
Figure 6b of Fiore, Naik, Leibensperger, JAWMA, 2015
Projected changes in U.S. surface ozone in summer (JJA) under climate and precursor emission scenarios:
declines due to continued controls on precursor emissions
Figure 10a of Fiore, Naik, Leibensperger, JAWMA, 2015 CMIP5 and ACCMIP models
Projected air quality changes over the Midwest mainly follow precursor emission trajectories
CMIP5 and ACCMIP models Figure 10 of Fiore, Naik, Leibensperger, JAWMA, 2015
SUMMER (JJA) O3 (ppb) WINTER (DJF) O3
Annual mean PM2.5 (μg m-3)
Methane doubling in RCP8.5 raises background ozone all year, most pronounced in winter[see also Clifton et al., 2014]
Climate variability can modulate background ozone sources:e.g., frequency of deep stratospheric intrusions over WUS
Meiyun Lin, Fiore AM, Horowitz LW, Langford AO, Oltmans SJ, Tarasick D, Rieder H, Nature Communications, May 2015
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Connection of frequent deep stratospheric intrusions over WUS to known mode of climate variability (La Niña)
May offer a few months lead time to aid WUS preparations for an active stratospheric intrusion season
M. Lin et al., Nature Communications, May 2015 M. Lin (Princeton/GFDL)
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Tropical SST cooling typicallypeaks in winter
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http://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/state-environment/22-pacific-decadal-oscillation-index-and-el-ninola-nina
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More frequent stratospheric intrusions the following spring over WUS?
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Summary schematic of air quality-climate connections
Figure 2, Fiore, Naik, Leibensperger, JAWMA, 2015schematic c/o C. Raphael, GFDL
Improved accuracy and trends in emission inventories are critical for accountability analyses of historical and projected
air pollution and climate mitigation policies[AQAST!]
Translating research into digestible products and training air managers in using data products and analysis tools
[AQAST! Jacob et al., 2014; Duncan et al., 2014; Streets et al., 2014; Witman et al., 2014]
Summary schematic of air quality-climate connections
Figure 2, Fiore, Naik, Leibensperger, JAWMA, 2015schematic c/o C. Raphael, GFDL
Extra slides follow
Emission projections of NO and SO2 over the Midwest
Tg SO2 a-1 Tg NO a-1
Emission projections of NO over the U.S.A.
Emission projections of SO2 over the U.S.A.