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Daniel J. Jacob Harvard University

FROM AIR POLLUTION TO GLOBAL CHANGE AND BACK: Towards an integrated international policy for air pollution and climate change. Daniel J. Jacob Harvard University. NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN U.S. COUNTIES VIOLATING NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS, 1999. Carbon monoxide (CO).

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Daniel J. Jacob Harvard University

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  1. FROM AIR POLLUTION TO GLOBAL CHANGE AND BACK:Towards an integrated international policy for air pollution and climate change Daniel J. Jacob Harvard University

  2. NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN U.S. COUNTIES VIOLATING NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS, 1999 Carbon monoxide (CO) EPA [2001] Lead Nitrogen dioxide 124 ppbv Ozone (O3) 84 ppbv Particles < 10 mm (PM10) • Particles < 2.5 mm • (PM2.5) Sulfur dioxide (SO2) Any pollutant

  3. ANNUAL MEAN PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) CONCENTRATIONS AT U.S. SITES, 1995-2000NARSTO PM Assessment (draft), 2002 PM10 (particles > 10 mm) PM2.5 (particles > 2.5 mm) Red circles indicate violations of national air quality standard: 50 mg m-3 for PM10 15 mg m-3 for PM2.5

  4. ASIAN DUST CLOUD OVER THE WESTERN U.S. (APRIL-MAY 1998) GOES Satellite Image PM10 West Coast R. Husar, Washington U.

  5. EPA REGIONAL HAZE RULE: FEDERAL CLASS I AREAS TO RETURN TO “NATURAL” VISIBILITY LEVELS BY 2064 Places new emphasis for understanding long-range transport moderately polluted day clean day Acadia National Park http://www.hazecam.net/

  6. GOOD vs. BAD OZONE (O3) NOx = NO + NO2: nitrogen oxide radicals VOC (volatile organic carbon) = light hydrocarbons and substituted organic compounds

  7. MEAN NUMBER OF SUMMER DAYS (1980-1998) EXCEEDING THE U.S. OZONE AIR QUALITY STANDARD (84 ppbv, 8-hour average) EPA/AIRS data [Lin et al., 2001]

  8. THE TROPOSPHERIC OZONE BACKGROUNDAT NORTHERN MIDLATITUDES HAS INCREASED SHARPLY OVER PAST 100 YEARS Ozone trend from European mountain observations [Marenco et al., 1994]

  9. THIS OZONE BACKGROUND IS A SIZABLE INCREMENT TOWARDS VIOLATION OF U.S. AIR QUALITY STANDARDS(even more so in Europe!) Europe (8-h avg.) Europe (seasonal) U.S. (8-h avg.) U.S. (1-h avg.) 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 ppbv preindustrial present background

  10. SURFACE OZONE ENHANCEMENTS CAUSED BYANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS FROM DIFFERENT CONTINENTS GEOS-CHEM model, July 1997 North America Europe Asia Li et al. [2002]

  11. Growth of Asian emissions over the next decades will increase role of background for ozone air quality in U.S. Anthropogenic NOx emissions [IPCC, 2001] 2000 “Optimistic” IPCC scenario: OECD, U.S. m20%, Asia k 50% 2020 109 atoms N cm-2 s-1

  12. TREND IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERIC SURFACE TEMPERATURE OVER PAST 1000 YEARS IPCC [2001]

  13. EFFECTS OF GREENHOUSE GASES AND AEROSOLS ON CLIMATE Solar radiation reflected to space (cooling) Greenhouse gas layer (transparent to solar, absorbs in IR) Aerosol layer (scatters solar, transparent in IR) Greenhouse effect (warming) Terrestrial emission (IR) EARTH SURFACE

  14. HISTORICAL TRENDS OF GREENHOUSE GASES AND AEROSOLS Greenhouse gases Carbon dioxide Methane Aerosols Nitrous oxide Sulfur IPCC [2001]

  15. LINK BETWEEN AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE FORCINGGLOBAL RADIATIVE FORCING OF CLIMATE, 1750-present [IPCC, 2001] POLLUTANT-RELATED OH

  16. BLACK CARBON: A MAJOR “GREENHOUSE” AEROSOLIts forcing is likely underestimated in IPCC 2001 report DIESEL DOMESTIC COAL BURNING BIOMASS BURNING Chin et al. [2000]

  17. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?Future emission scenarios from IPCC [2001] NOx: ozone precursor A1, A2, B1, B2: four different socioeconomic story lines Methane SO2: aerosol precursor

  18. High-ozone days over U.S. Radiative forcing Standard 50% 50% 50% A1 B1 NMVOC CH4 NOx 2020 2020 Standard 50% 50% 50% A1 B1 NMVOC CH4 NOx 2020 2020 EFFECTS OF FUTURE CHANGES IN GLOBAL ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS Fiore et al. [2002]

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