Sulfate aerosol formation in the troposphere and low stratosphere

Authors

  • Marchuk G.I. Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Российская Федерация
  • Aloyan A.E. Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Российская Федерация
  • Ermakov A.N. Institute of Energy Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Российская Федерация
  • Arutyunyan V.O. Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Российская Федерация

UDC

575:636.082.22:639.3

Abstract

A mathematical model for the global transport of multicomponent gaseous species and aerosols in the troposphere and lower stratosphere has been developed. The model takes into consideration the main physical and chemical mechanisms (photochemical transformations, binary homogeneous nucleation, condensation/evaporation and coagulation) in charge of the formation and evolution of gaseous species and aerosols in the atmosphere. The model takes into account both anthropogenic and biogenic emissions from the continental and oceanic surfaces. Special emphasis has been made on the formation of nucleation-mode particles from precursor gases. Using the model, numerical experiments to reproduce the spatial and temporal variations of gaseous species and aerosols in the atmosphere over the northern and southern hemispheres for summer and winter months have been carried out.

Keywords:

mathematical modeling, gaseous pollutants, aerosol, global transport, nucleation, condensation, coagulation, photochemical transformation

Acknowledgement

Работа выполнена при поддержке РФФИ (09-05-00270-а, 09-05-00281-а).

Author Infos

Guriy I. Marchuk

академик, д-р физ.-мат. наук, профессор, почетный директор Института вычислительной математики РАН

e-mail: guri@inm.ras.ru

Artash E. Aloyan

д-р физ.-мат. наук, ведущий научный сотрудник Института вычислительной математики РАН

e-mail: aloyan@inm.ras.ru

Aleksandr N. Ermakov

д-р хим. наук, заведующий лабораторией гетерогенных химических реакций в атмосфере Института энергетических проблем химической физики РАН

e-mail: ayermakov@chph.ras.ru

Vardan O. Arutyunyan

канд. физ.-мат. наук, научный сотрудник Института вычислительной математики РАН

e-mail: vardan@inm.ras.ru

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Issue

2011. No. 4

Pages

55-68

Submitted

2011-10-18

Published

2011-12-23

How to Cite

Marchuk G.I., Aloyan A.E., Ermakov A.N., Arutyunyan V.O. Sulfate aerosol formation in the troposphere and low stratosphere. Ecological Bulletin of Research Centers of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, 2011, no. 4, pp. 55-68. (In Russian)

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