Supplement of Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 6177–6194, 2014 http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/6177/2014/
doi:10.5194/acp-14-6177-2014-supplement
© Author(s) 2014. CC Attribution 3.0 License.
Supplement of
TransCom N
2O model inter-comparison – Part 2: Atmospheric inversion estimates of N
2O emissions
R. L. Thompson et al.
Correspondence to: R. L. Thompson ([email protected])
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TransCom N
2O model inter-comparison Part II: atmospheric inversion estimates of N
2O emissions
Supplementary Material
Figure S1. Comparison of the daily mean N2O mole fractions (ppb) for 2009 simulated by integrating the CTMs with their corresponding posterior fluxes. Note for MOZART4-I only monthly means were submitted. (Legend: observations, black; MOZART4-I, orange;
ACTMt42l67-I, green; TM5-I, blue; TM3-I, red; LMDZ4-I, magenta).
321 322 323 324 325
N2O [ppb]
SEY
321 322 323 324 325
N2O [ppb]
SMO
321 322 323 324 325
N2O [ppb]
NMB
321 322 323 324 325
N2O [ppb]
CGO
321 322 323 324 325
N2O [ppb]
TDF
2009.0 2009.2 2009.4 2009.6 2009.8 2010.0
321 322 323 324 325
N2O [ppb]
SPO
321 322 323 324 325
N2O [ppb]
BRW
321 322 323 324 325
N2O [ppb]
MHD
321 322 323 324 325
N2O [ppb]
AZR
321 322 323 324 325
N2O [ppb]
THD
321 322 323 324 325
N2O [ppb]
RPB
2009.0 2009.2 2009.4 2009.6 2009.8 2010.0
321 322 323 324 325
N2O [ppb]
MLO
Figure S2. Comparison of model simulations with pressure-weighted column averages from HIPPO aircraft profiles for January (top) and November (bottom) 2009. The column average was calculated from the surface up to 2000 m. (Legend: observations, black; MOZART4-I, orange; ACTMt42l67-I, green; TM5-I, blue; TM3-I, red; LMDZ4-I, magenta).
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Latitude N2O [ppb]
−90 −60 −30 0 30 60 90
HIPPO − January
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Latitude N2O [ppb]
−90 −60 −30 0 30 60 90
HIPPO − November
3 Figure S3. Growth rate in atmospheric N2O mole fraction (ppb yr-1) for 2006 to 2009.
(Legend: observations, black; MOZART4-I, orange; ACTMt42l67-I, green; TM5-I, blue;
TM3-I, red; LMDZ4-I, magenta).
2006.0 2006.5 2007.0 2007.5 2008.0 2008.5 2009.0 0.4
0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2
N2O [ppb yr1 ]
Figure S4. Map of the 7 sub-continental regions used in the analysis. (North America = green, Tropical & South America = red, Africa = yellow, Europe = cyan, North Asia = blue, South Asia = purple, Australasia = magenta).
