Impact of Aircraft NOx Emission on NOx and Ozone over China

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2003-04-14
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Athree-dimensionalglobalchemistrytransportmodel(OSLOCTM2)isusedtoinvestigatetheimpactofsubsonicaircraftNOxemissiononNOzandozoneoverChinaintermsofayear2000scenarioofsubsonicaircraftNOxemission.TheresultsshowthatsubsonicaircraftNOxemissionsignificantlyaffectsnorthernChina,whichmakesNOxat250hPaincreasebyabout50pptvwiththehighestpercentageof60%inJanuary,andleadingtoanozoneincreaseof8ppbvwith5%relativechangeinApril.TheNOxincreaseismainlyattributedtothetransportprocess,butozoneincreaseisproducedbythechemicalprocess.TheNOxincreasesbylessthan10pptvbyvirtueofsubsonicaircraftNOxemissionoverChina,andozonechangeslessthan0.4ppbv.WhensubsonicaircraftNOxemissionoverChinaisdoubled,itsinfluenceisstillrelativelysmall.