Attribution of Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) ozone radiative flux bias from satellites

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dc.contributor.authorKuai L
dc.contributor.authorBowman KW
dc.contributor.authorMiyazaki K
dc.contributor.authorDeushi M
dc.contributor.authorRozanov E
dc.contributor.authorPaulot F
dc.contributor.authorStrode S
dc.contributor.authorConley A
dc.contributor.authorJöckel P
dc.contributor.authorPlummer DA
dc.contributor.authorOman LD
dc.contributor.authorWorden H
dc.contributor.authorKulawik S
dc.contributor.authorPaynter D
dc.contributor.authorStenke A
dc.contributor.authorKunze M
dc.contributor.authorRevell, Laura
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-17T03:45:31Z
dc.date.available2021-09-17T03:45:31Z
dc.date.issued2020en
dc.date.updated2021-03-29T21:43:56Z
dc.description.abstractThe top-of-atmosphere (TOA) outgoing longwave flux over the 9.6 µm ozone band is a fundamental quantity for understanding chemistry–climate coupling. However, observed TOA fluxes are hard to estimate as they exhibit considerable variability in space and time that depend on the distributions of clouds, ozone (O3), water vapor (H2O), air temperature (Ta), and surface temperature (Ts). Benchmarking present-day fluxes and quantifying the relative influence of their drivers is the first step for estimating climate feedbacks from ozone radiative forcing and predicting radiative forcing evolution. To that end, we constructed observational instantaneous radiative kernels (IRKs) under clear-sky conditions, representing the sensitivities of the TOA flux in the 9.6 µm ozone band to the vertical distribution of geophysical variables, including O3, H2O, Ta, and Ts based upon the Aura Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) measurements. Applying these kernels to present-day simulations from the Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) project as compared to a 2006 reanalysis assimilating satellite observations, we show that the models have large differences in TOA flux, attributable to different geophysical variables. In particular, model simulations continue to diverge from observations in the tropics, as reported in previous studies of the Atmospheric Chemistry Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP) simulations. The principal culprits are tropical middle and upper tropospheric ozone followed by tropical lower tropospheric H2O. Five models out of the eight studied here have TOA flux biases exceeding 100 mW m−2 attributable to tropospheric ozone bias. Another set of five models have flux biases over 50 mW m−2 due to H2O. On the other hand, Ta radiative bias is negligible in all models (no more than 30 mW m−2). We found that the atmospheric component (AM3) of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) general circulation model and Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model (CMAM) have the lowest TOA flux biases globally but are a result of cancellation of opposite biases due to different processes. Overall, the multi-model ensemble mean bias is −133±98 mW m−2, indicating that they are too atmospherically opaque due to trapping too much radiation in the atmosphere by overestimated tropical tropospheric O3 and H2O. Having too much O3 and H2O in the troposphere would have different impacts on the sensitivity of TOA flux to O3 and these competing effects add more uncertainties on the ozone radiative forcing. We find that the inter-model TOA outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) difference is well anti-correlated with their ozone band flux bias. This suggests that there is significant radiative compensation in the calculation of model outgoing longwave radiation.en
dc.identifier.citationKuai L, Bowman KW, Miyazaki K, Deushi M, Revell L, Rozanov E, Paulot F, Strode S, Conley A, Jöckel P, Plummer DA, Oman LD, Worden H, Kulawik S, Paynter D, Stenke A, Kunze M (2020). Attribution of Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) ozone radiative flux bias from satellites. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 20(1). 281-301.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-281-2020
dc.identifier.issn1680-7316
dc.identifier.issn1680-7324
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/102466
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCopernicus GmbHen
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stateden
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subject.anzsrc0201 Astronomical and Space Sciencesen
dc.subject.anzsrc0401 Atmospheric Sciencesen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::37 - Earth sciences::3701 - Atmospheric sciencesen
dc.titleAttribution of Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) ozone radiative flux bias from satellitesen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
uc.collegeFaculty of Science
uc.departmentSchool of Physical & Chemical Sciences
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