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Brooks Range, AK

HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations 2009 (“HIPPO”) Steven C. Wofsy. Global CH 4. Keynote Address, ICDC8, Jena, 18 Sep 2009. Brooks Range, AK. Summary of Deliverables for HIPPO -- HIPPO Proposal March 2006

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  1. HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations 2009 (“HIPPO”) Steven C. Wofsy Global CH4 Keynote Address, ICDC8, Jena, 18 Sep 2009 Brooks Range, AK

  2. Summary of Deliverables for HIPPO -- HIPPO Proposal March 2006 (1) Publicly available global data sets for CO2, O2:N2 ratio, 13CO2:12CO2, CH4, CO, N2O, CFCs, HCFCs, O3, PAN, and other tracers. There will be six missions over 2 years spanning the seasonal cycle, covering almost pole-to-pole and the full depth of the troposphere, at longitudes in the Central Pacific and over the American land mass. (2) Tests of global models used to assess the distribution of sources and sinks of CO2 over the globe, using these data. (3) Analysis of the seasonal exchange of O2 with the oceans. (4) Assessment of CO2 and O2 exchange in the Southern Ocean. (5) Analysis of transport and mixing rates in the TTL.Cannot ascend deep tropics/no radar (6) Green’s functions for the vertical propagation of the seasonal cycle through the middle and upper troposphere. (7) New constraints on global sources and sinks for CH4 and other gases. (8) Climatology of pollution layers in the global atmosphere..

  3. Summary of Deliverables for HIPPO -- HIPPO Proposal March 2006 (continued) ENDURING VALUE OF HIPPO DATA. For decades, GEOSECS data (only recently superceded by WOCE) have been the foundation for critical tests of ocean models, and the means to derive synthetic insight into ocean processes as diverse as mixed-layer ventilation, deep-sea conveyor belts, new production by the biota, and, just 0628575in 2004, planetary heat balance. GEOSECS showed that a tracer study with the right global architecture could truly revolutionize a field. We expect the same will be true of HIPPO.

  4. HIPPO main points—what has been delivered: • unprecedented sampling of the remote atmosphere • Operations and sensors successful; New Measurements implemented; HAIS sensors ! • Seasonal Sampling • Reference data set • Fine-grained vision at global scale • New Science: Bullets • N2O distributions differ radically from global model simulations • Southern Ocean sources and sinks of CO2 observed directly • Emission of marine-derived gases observed directly as atmospheric enhancements: N2O, methyl halides and methyl nitrate, OCS, CS2, and DMS • Arctic and North Pacific structures • Seasonal changes – cold dome, transpacific transport, latitude gradients • Upside down distributions of global pollutants seen consistently • Stratospheric influence measured directly at global scale over the ocean • Black Carbon global distributions differ from any models (lower) but intense events are very strong • H2O supersaturation regions shown to derive from moistening • Model—data and validation bullets • Comparisons are underway with strong participation by 5+ models, plus satellite teams (AIRS, TES) plus TCCON

  5. Harvard/Aerodyne—HAIS QCLS CO2, CH4, CO, N2O (1 Hz)‏ NCAR AO2 O2:N2 , CO2 (1 Hz)‏ Harvard OMS CO2 CO2 (1 Hz)‏ NOAA CSD O3 O3 (1 Hz)‏ NOAA GMD O3 O3 (1 Hz)‏ NCAR RAF CO CO (1 Hz)‏ NOAA- UCATS, PANTHER GCs (1 per 70 – 200 s) CO, CH4, N2O, CFCs, HCFCs, SF6, CH3Br, CH3Cl Whole air sampling: NWAS (NOAA), AWAS (Miami), MEDUSA (NCAR/Scripps) O2:N2, CO2, CH4, CO, N2O , SF6, CH3Br, CH3Cl other GHGs, COS, halocarbons, solvent gases, marine emission species, many more Princeton/SWS VCSEL H2O (1 Hz)‏ NOAA SP2 Black Carbon (1 Hz)‏ MTP, wing stores, etc T, P, winds, aerosols, cloud water HIPPO Aircraft Instrumentation colors denote replicated measurements

  6. Figure 1. (Panels a, b) Locations of flight tracks and vertical profiles (colored points) for HIPPO deployments 1 and 2. (Panel c) Vertical profiles (~200 in each mission), with the tropopause shown in orange and stratospheric flight segments in blue. (Panel d) Cross section of potential temperature in HIPPO_1, on the southbound leg near the dateline. The white dotted lines mark the flight path of the GV and grey lines show contours of potential temperature.

  7. Figure 2. Cross sections of CH4 (ppb), CO (ppb), CO2 (ppm), SF6 (ppt), N2O (ppb) and H2O (log10 (ppm)) on HIPPO_1, southbound along the dateline, January, 2009. White dashed lines show flight tracks, and grey contours show potential temperature. CO2—composite and CO—composite represent merged data from CO2—QCLS and OMS and from CO—QCLS and RAF, respectively.

  8. CO2 HIPPO _1 HIPPO _2 HIPPO_3 Jan 2009 Nov 2009 April 2010 O2

  9. CH4 HIPPO _1 HIPPO _2 HIPPO_3 Jan 2009 Nov 2009 April 2010  Southbound   Northbound

  10. CO HIPPO _1 HIPPO _2 HIPPO_3 Jan 2009 Nov 2009 April 2010  Southbound   Northbound

  11. HIPPO _1 HIPPO _2 HIPPO_3 Jan 2009 Nov 2009 Apr 2010 N2O Central Pacific HIPPO_1 Eastern Pacific model obs

  12. O3 Tropospheric ozone in HIPPO 1, 2 and 3 N/S

  13. (b) Figure 3. (Panels a, b) Cross sections of CO2 (ppm) and CO (ppb), on HIPPO_2, southbound along the dateline, November, 2009. (Panels c, d) Vertical profiles of greenhouse gases and black carbon at 77.2 N, November, 2009. (Panel e) Same as c, expanded. (Panel f ) Photo of dense layer of dark aerosols at 80N, 6-8 km, November, 2009 (Photo: E. Kort). (a) N2O CO CH4

  14. MODEL DISTRIBUTION: Dibromomethane Kerkweg et al. (2008) MEASUREMENTS: HIPPO -1 (NWAS + AWAS) Dibromomethane

  15. HIPPO Global Campaign # 3water vapor distribution, March, 2010 SPCZ ITCZ Can we generalize this zonally and in time? Look at AIRS... M. Zondlo and M. Diao

  16. NH SH

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