Impact of Atmospheric Chemistry on Local Weather and Local Climate

A special issue of Climate (ISSN 2225-1154).

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Aerosols from uptake by air and natural and anthropogenic emissions, and/or formed by gas-to-particle conversion from precursor gases, as well as radiatively active gases, are well known to influence the local energy balance and cloud and precipitation formation, with feedback to local atmospheric chemistry and composition. Aerosols from various sources can act as cloud condensation and/or ice nuclei. Their abundance, composition, and size affect, among other things, cloud lifetime and cloud radiative properties with feedback to local radiation including photolysis rates, chemical reaction rates, aerosol formation rates, and the local surface-energy budget, as well as biogenic and (potentially) anthropogenic emissions. Currently, the impact of atmospheric chemistry and its effect on weather and climate at the local scale are not well understood. However, most direct emission-control measures occur at the urban, local scale.

This Special Issue, "Impacts of atmospheric chemistry on local weather and local climate", will call for submissions of papers that demonstrate original research that can overcome current gaps in understanding the interactions between atmospheric chemistry on the one hand side and local weather, and hence local climate, on the other. Review articles are also welcome. The topics will include, but are not limited to examining, the following: (1) the modification of urban weather/climate due to emission and/or air quality changes, (2) the impact of Arctic or other haze on local temperature and moisture conditions, (3) the impact of local scale emission-control measures on local weather/climate, (4) the relationship between different local chemical regimes and local weather, and (5) the  impact of local indirect emission-control measures on the weather/climate in the adjacent downwind region. Studies analyzing data from air-quality modeling, monitoring networks, field experiments (ground-based, airborne), and remote sensing are equally welcome. Please send papers addressing climate forcing and/or global aspects to the regular issues of Climate.

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A Case Study of Ozone Diurnal Variation in the Convective Boundary Layer in the Southeastern United States Using Multiple Observations and Large-Eddy Simulation
by Guanyu Huang, M.J. Newchurch, Shi Kuang and Huug G. Ouwersloot
Climate 2019, 7(4), 53; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli7040053 - 8 Apr 2019
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We investigated the diurnal ozone variation on 6 September 2013 in a midsize urban environment using multiple in situ and remote-sensing measurements along with the Dutch atmospheric large-eddy simulation (DALES) model coupled with a chemical module and a dry deposition module that we [...] Read more.
We investigated the diurnal ozone variation on 6 September 2013 in a midsize urban environment using multiple in situ and remote-sensing measurements along with the Dutch atmospheric large-eddy simulation (DALES) model coupled with a chemical module and a dry deposition module that we added for this study. Our study area was Huntsville, Alabama, USA, a typical midsize city in the Southeastern United States. The ozone variation in the convective boundary layer (CBL) resulted mainly from local emissions and photochemical production stemming from weather conditions controlled by an anticyclonic system on that day. Local chemical production contributes approximately two thirds of the ozone enhancement in the CBL and, in this case, dynamical processes including ozone transport from the free troposphere (FT) to the CBL through the entrainment processes contributed the remainder. The numerical experiments performed by the large-eddy simulation (LES) model showed acceptable agreement with the TOLNet (The tropospheric ozone lidar network)/RO3QET (Rocket-city ozone quality evaluation in the troposphere) ozone DIAL (differential absorption lidar) observations. This study indicated the need for fine-scale, three-dimensional ozone observations with high temporal and spatial resolution for air quality studies at the urban scale and smaller. Full article
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Dust Devils: Structural Features, Dynamics and Climate Impact
by Oleg Onishchenko, Viktor Fedun, Wendell Horton, Oleg Pokhotelov and Gary Verth
Climate 2019, 7(1), 12; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli7010012 - 11 Jan 2019
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According to modern concepts, the main natural sources of dust in the atmosphere are dust storms and associated dust devils—rotating columns of rising dust. The impact of dust and aerosols on climate change in the past, present and future is one of the [...] Read more.
According to modern concepts, the main natural sources of dust in the atmosphere are dust storms and associated dust devils—rotating columns of rising dust. The impact of dust and aerosols on climate change in the past, present and future is one of the poorly understood and, at the same time, one of the fundamental elements needed for weather and climate forecasting. The purpose of this review is to describe and summarise the results of the study of dust devils in the Earth’s atmosphere. Special attention is given to the description of the 3D structures, the external flows and atmospheric gradients of temperature that lead to the generation and maintenance of the dust devils. Full article
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