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Grant, K.E.; Ellingson, R.G.; Wuebbles, D.J.
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)1988
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)1988
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[en] Radiative processes strongly effect equilibrium trace gas concentrations both directly, through photolysis reactions, and indirectly through temperature and transport processes. As part of our continuing radiative submodel development and validation, we have used the LLNL 2-D chemical-radiative-transport (CRT) model to investigate the net sensitivity of equilibrium ozone concentrations to several changes in radiative forcing. Doubling CO2 from 300 ppmv to 600 ppmv resulted in a temperature decrease of 5 K to 8 K in the middle stratosphere along with an 8% to 16% increase in ozone in the same region. Replacing our usual shortwave scattering algorithms with a simplified Rayleigh algorithm led to a 1% to 2% increase in ozone in the lower stratosphere. Finally, modifying our normal CO2 cooling rates by corrections derived from line-by-line calculations resulted in several regions of heating and cooling. We observed temperature changes on the order of 1 K to 1.5 K with corresponding changes of 0.5% to 1.5% in O3. Our results for doubled CO2 compare favorably with those by other authors. Results for our two perturbation scenarios stress the need for accurately modeling radiative processes while confirming the general validity of current 2-D CRT models. 15 refs., 5 figs
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Aug 1988; 9 p; International radiation symposium; Lille (France); 18-24 Aug 1988; CONF-8808125--1; Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01; 1 as DE88016273; Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products.
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