Deconstruction of tropospheric chemical reactivity using aircraft measurements: the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom) data

Prather, Michael J.; Guo, Hao; Zhu, Xin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3299-2023

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3299-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3299-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

Data description paper

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31 Jul 2023

Data description paper |

| 31 Jul 2023

Deconstruction of tropospheric chemical reactivity using aircraft measurements: the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom) data

Michael J. Prather, Hao Guo, and Xin Zhu

Data sets

Heterogeneity and chemical reactivity of the remote troposphere defined by the NASA ATom Mission aircraft measurements – the Modeling and Reactivity Data Streams (MDS & RDS) M. J. Prather, H. Guo, C. M. Flynn, S. A. Strode, S. D. Steenrod, L. Emmons, F. Lacey, J.-F. Lamarque, A. M. Fiore, G. Correa, L. T. Murray, G. M. Wolfe, J. M. St. Clair, M. Kim, J. Crounse, G. Diskin, J. DiGangi, B. C. Daube, R. Commane, K. McKain, J. Peischl, T. B. Ryerson, C. Thompson, T. F. Hanisco, D. Blake, N. J. Blake, E. C. Apel, R. S. Hornbrook, J. W. Elkins, E. J. Hintsa, F. L. Moore, and S. Wofsy https://doi.org/10.7280/D1B12H

Heterogeneity and chemical reactivity of the remote Troposphere defined by aircraft measurements Hao Guo https://doi.org/10.7280/D1Q699

Model code and software

eterogeneity and chemical reactivity of the remote Troposphere defined by aircraft measurements Hao Guo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5905662

Short summary

The Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom) measured the chemical composition in air parcels from 0–12 km altitude on 2 km horizontal by 80 m vertical scales for four seasons, resolving most scales of chemical heterogeneity. ATom is one of the first missions designed to calculate the chemical evolution of each parcel, providing semi-global diurnal budgets for ozone and methane. Observations covered the remote troposphere: Pacific and Atlantic Ocean basins, Southern Ocean, Arctic basin, Antarctica.