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Projections of summertime ozone concentration over East Asia under multiple IPCC SRES emission scenarios
Abstract We have developed the Integrated Climate and Air Quality Modeling System (ICAMS) through the one-way nesting of global–regional models to examine the changes in the surface ozone concentrations over East Asia under future climate scenarios. Model simulations have been conducted for the present period of 1996–2005 to evaluate the performance of ICAMS. The simulated surface ozone concentrations reproduced the observed monthly mean concentrations at sites in East Asia with high R2 values (0.4–0.9), indicating a successful simulation to capture both spatial and temporal variability. We then performed several model simulations with the six IPCC SRES scenarios (A2, A1B, A1FI, A1T, B1, and B2) for the next three periods, 2016–2025 (the 2020s), 2046–2055 (the 2050s), and 2091–2100 (the 2090s). The model results show that the projected changes of the annual daily mean maximum eight-hour (DM8H) surface ozone concentrations in summertime for East Asia are in the range of 2–8 ppb, −3 to 8 ppb, and −7 to 9 ppb for the 2020s, the 2050s, and the 2090s, respectively, and are primarily determined based on the emission changes of NOx and NMVOC. The maximum increases in the annual DM8H surface ozone and high-ozone events occur in the 2020s for all scenarios except for A2, implying that the air quality over East Asia is likely to get worse in the near future period (the 2020s) than in the far future periods (the 2050s and the 2090s). The changes in the future environment based on IPCC SRES scenarios would also influence the change in the occurrences of high-concentrations events more greatly than that of the annual DM8H surface ozone concentrations. Sensitivity simulations show that the emissions increase is the key factor in determining future regional surface ozone concentrations in the case of a developing country, China, whereas a developed country, Japan would be influenced more greatly by effects of the regional climate change than the increase in emissions.
Highlights Change in ozone level is determined by the combination of NOx and NMVOC emissions. Ozone level over East Asia would get worse in the near future (the 2020s) than far future. A high-concentration event generally increases and more frequently occurs in the future. Change in ozone air quality in a developing country depends more on emissions change. Change in ozone air quality in a developed country depends more on climate change.
Projections of summertime ozone concentration over East Asia under multiple IPCC SRES emission scenarios
Abstract We have developed the Integrated Climate and Air Quality Modeling System (ICAMS) through the one-way nesting of global–regional models to examine the changes in the surface ozone concentrations over East Asia under future climate scenarios. Model simulations have been conducted for the present period of 1996–2005 to evaluate the performance of ICAMS. The simulated surface ozone concentrations reproduced the observed monthly mean concentrations at sites in East Asia with high R2 values (0.4–0.9), indicating a successful simulation to capture both spatial and temporal variability. We then performed several model simulations with the six IPCC SRES scenarios (A2, A1B, A1FI, A1T, B1, and B2) for the next three periods, 2016–2025 (the 2020s), 2046–2055 (the 2050s), and 2091–2100 (the 2090s). The model results show that the projected changes of the annual daily mean maximum eight-hour (DM8H) surface ozone concentrations in summertime for East Asia are in the range of 2–8 ppb, −3 to 8 ppb, and −7 to 9 ppb for the 2020s, the 2050s, and the 2090s, respectively, and are primarily determined based on the emission changes of NOx and NMVOC. The maximum increases in the annual DM8H surface ozone and high-ozone events occur in the 2020s for all scenarios except for A2, implying that the air quality over East Asia is likely to get worse in the near future period (the 2020s) than in the far future periods (the 2050s and the 2090s). The changes in the future environment based on IPCC SRES scenarios would also influence the change in the occurrences of high-concentrations events more greatly than that of the annual DM8H surface ozone concentrations. Sensitivity simulations show that the emissions increase is the key factor in determining future regional surface ozone concentrations in the case of a developing country, China, whereas a developed country, Japan would be influenced more greatly by effects of the regional climate change than the increase in emissions.
Highlights Change in ozone level is determined by the combination of NOx and NMVOC emissions. Ozone level over East Asia would get worse in the near future (the 2020s) than far future. A high-concentration event generally increases and more frequently occurs in the future. Change in ozone air quality in a developing country depends more on emissions change. Change in ozone air quality in a developed country depends more on climate change.
Projections of summertime ozone concentration over East Asia under multiple IPCC SRES emission scenarios
Lee, Jae-Bum (author) / Cha, Jun-Seok (author) / Hong, Sung-Chul (author) / Choi, Jin-Young (author) / Myoung, Ji-Su (author) / Park, Rokjin J. (author) / Woo, Jung-Hun (author) / Ho, Changhoi (author) / Han, Jin-Seok (author) / Song, Chang-Keun (author)
Atmospheric Environment ; 106 ; 335-346
2015-02-06
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Air quality , Ozone , East Asia , Climate change , ICAMS
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