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DOI | 10.5194/acp-18-6039-2018 |
The importance of vertical resolution in the free troposphere for modeling intercontinental plumes | |
Zhuang, Jiawei1; Jacob, Daniel J.1; Eastham, Sebastian D.2 | |
2018-05-02 | |
发表期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS |
ISSN | 1680-7316 |
EISSN | 1680-7324 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 18期号:8页码:6039-6055 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Chemical plumes in the free troposphere can preserve their identity for more than a week as they are transported on intercontinental scales. Current global models cannot reproduce this transport. The plumes dilute far too rapidly due to numerical diffusion in sheared flow. We show how model accuracy can be limited by either horizontal resolution (Delta x) or vertical resolution (Delta z). Balancing horizontal and vertical numerical diffusion, and weighing computational cost, implies an optimal grid resolution ratio (Delta x/Delta z)(opt) similar to 1000 for simulating the plumes. This is considerably higher than current global models (Delta x/Delta z similar to 20) and explains the rapid plume dilution in the models as caused by insufficient vertical resolution. Plume simulations with the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Finite-Volume Cubed-Sphere Dynamical Core (GFDL-FV3) over a range of horizontal and vertical grid resolutions confirm this limiting behavior. Our highest-resolution simulation (Delta x approximate to 25 km, Delta z approximate to 80 m) preserves the maximum mixing ratio in the plume to within 35% after 8 days in strongly sheared flow, a drastic improvement over current models. Adding free tropospheric vertical levels in global models is computationally inexpensive and would also improve the simulation of water vapor. |
领域 | 地球科学 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000431293300001 |
WOS关键词 | WATER-VAPOR ; CHEMICAL-TRANSPORT ; AIR-QUALITY ; LAYERS ; SENSITIVITY ; ALGORITHMS ; SIMULATION ; ADVECTION ; POLLUTION ; AIRCRAFT |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/16195 |
专题 | 地球科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Harvard Univ, Sch Engn & Appl Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA; 2.MIT, Dept Aeronaut & Astronaut, Lab Aviat & Environm, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhuang, Jiawei,Jacob, Daniel J.,Eastham, Sebastian D.. The importance of vertical resolution in the free troposphere for modeling intercontinental plumes[J]. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,2018,18(8):6039-6055. |
APA | Zhuang, Jiawei,Jacob, Daniel J.,&Eastham, Sebastian D..(2018).The importance of vertical resolution in the free troposphere for modeling intercontinental plumes.ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,18(8),6039-6055. |
MLA | Zhuang, Jiawei,et al."The importance of vertical resolution in the free troposphere for modeling intercontinental plumes".ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 18.8(2018):6039-6055. |
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