Abstract
Abstract. Carbon monoxide (CO) emissions influence global and regional air quality and global climate change by affecting atmospheric oxidants and secondary species. We simulate the influence of halving anthropogenic CO emissions globally and individually from 10 regions on surface and tropospheric ozone, methane, and aerosol concentrations using a global chemical transport model (MOZART-4 for the year 2005). Net radiative forcing (RF) is then estimated using the GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory) standalone radiative transfer model. We estimate that halving global CO emissions decreases global annual average concentrations of surface ozone by 0.45 ppbv, tropospheric methane by 73 ppbv, and global annual net RF by 36.1 mW m−2, nearly equal to the sum of changes from the 10 regional reductions. Global annual net RF per unit change in emissions and the 100 yr global warming potential (GWP100) are estimated as −0.124 mW m−2 (Tg CO)−1 and 1.34, respectively, for the global CO reduction, and ranging from −0.115 to −0.131 mW m−2 (Tg CO)−1 and 1.26 to 1.44 across 10 regions, with the greatest sensitivities for regions in the tropics. The net RF distributions show widespread cooling corresponding to the O3 and CH4 decreases, and localized positive and negative net RFs due to changes in aerosols. The strongest annual net RF impacts occur within the tropics (28° S–28° N) followed by the northern midlatitudes (28° N–60° N), independent of reduction region, while the greatest changes in surface CO and ozone concentrations occur within the reduction region. Some regional reductions strongly influence the air quality in other regions, such as East Asia, which has an impact on US surface ozone that is 93% of that from North America. Changes in the transport of CO and downwind ozone production clearly exceed the direct export of ozone from each reduction region. The small variation in CO GWPs among world regions suggests that future international climate agreements could adopt a globally uniform metric for CO with little error, or could use different GWPs for each continent. Doing so may increase the incentive to reduce CO through coordinated policies addressing climate and air quality.
Highlights
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We evaluate the effects of 50 % anthropogenic Carbon monoxide (CO) emission reductions from 10 regions individually, and globally, on stratospheric-adjusted net radiative forcing (RF), tropospheric burdens (O3, CH4, and aerosols), and surface O3 air quality to inform future coordinated actions addressing air quality and climate
Co-emitted species (e.g., BC, OC), this study focuses on the sensitivity of air quality and RF to the location of CO emissions, which is relevant for determining the Global warming potentials (GWP) o9f CO
Summary
Hydrology and Carbon bustion monoxide of carbon (CO) fuels, iasEnedmacirottntehtdribSfruotymess tithneedmiirneccotlmyptloetcelicmoamtechange through its influence on tSrocpoiespnhecreicsozone (O3) and atmospheric oxidants (e.g., hydroxyl radical (OH), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and O3), which in turn affect the abundance of methane (CH4) and aerosols Further research on the sensitivity of net RF and CO GWPs to the region of CO emissions, including regions within the tropics and Southern Hemisphere (SH), may inform future policies that address climate change over the 30 yr, in coordination with longer-term CO2 mitigation (Daniel and Solomon, 1998; Shindell et al, 2012). We evaluate the effects of 50 % anthropogenic CO emission reductions from 10 regions individually, and globally, on stratospheric-adjusted net RF, tropospheric burdens (O3, CH4, and aerosols), and surface O3 air quality to inform future coordinated actions addressing air quality and climate. The global annually averaged net RF estimates given here are indicators of global mean surface temperature changes, but do not account for regional climate changes from spatially nonuniform forcings (Shindell et al, 2009)
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