Airborne quantification of upper tropospheric NOx production from lightning in deep convective storms over the United States Great Plains

Pollack, I. B.; Homeyer, C. R.; Ryerson, T. B.; Aikin, K. C.; Peischl, J.; Apel, E. C.; Campos, T.; Flocke, F.; Hornbrook, R. S.; Knapp, D. J.; Montzka, D. D.; Weinheimer, A. J.; Riemer, D.; Diskin, G.; Sachse, G.; Mikoviny, T.; Wisthaler, A.; Bruning, E.; MacGorman, D.; Cummings, K. A.; Pickering, K. E.; Huntrieser, H.; Lichtenstern, M.; Schlager, H.; Barth, M. C.

doi:10.1002/2015jd023941

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Airborne quantification of upper tropospheric NOx production from lightning in deep convective storms over the United States Great Plains

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By Pollack, I. B. ; Homeyer, C. R. ; Ryerson, T. B. ; ...
Source: Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 121(4), 2002-2028.

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Pollack, I. B. ; Homeyer, C. R. ; Ryerson, T. B. ; Aikin, K. C. ; Peischl, J. ; ... More +

Pollack, I. B. ; Homeyer, C. R. ; Ryerson, T. B. ; Aikin, K. C. ; Peischl, J. ; Apel, E. C. ; Campos, T. ; Flocke, F. ; Hornbrook, R. S. ; Knapp, D. J. ; Montzka, D. D. ; Weinheimer, A. J. ; Riemer, D. ; Diskin, G. ; Sachse, G. ; Mikoviny, T. ; Wisthaler, A. ; Bruning, E. ; MacGorman, D. ; Cummings, K. A. ; Pickering, K. E. ; Huntrieser, H. ; Lichtenstern, M. ; Schlager, H. ; Barth, M. C. Less -
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The reported range for global production of nitrogen oxides (NOx=NO+NO2) by lightning remains large (e.g., 32 to 664mol NOx flash(-1)), despite incorporating results from over 30 individual laboratory, theoretical, and field studies since the 1970s. Airborne and ground-based observations from the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry experiment in May and June 2012 provide a new data set for calculating moles of NOx produced per lightning flash, P(NOx), in thunderstorms over the United States Great Plains. This analysis utilizes a combination of in situ observations of storm inflow and outflow from three instrumented aircraft, three-dimensional spatial information from ground-based radars and satellite observations, and spatial and temporal information for intracloud and cloud-to-ground lightning flashes from ground-based lightning mapping arrays. Evaluation of two analysis methods (e.g., a volume-based approach and a flux-based approach) for converting enhancements in lightning-produced NOx from volume-based mixing ratios to moles NOx flash(-1) suggests that both methods equally approximate P(NOx) for storms with elongated anvils, while the volume-based approach better approximates P(NOx) for storms with circular-shaped anvils. Results from the more robust volume-based approach for three storms sampled over Oklahoma and Colorado during DC3 suggest a range of 142 to 291 (average of 194) moles NOx flash(-1) (or 117-332mol NOx flash(-1) including uncertainties). Although not vastly different from the previously reported range for storms occurring in the Great Plains (e.g., 21-465mol NOx flash(-1)), results from this analysis of DC3 storms offer more constrained upper and lower limits for P(NOx) in this geographical region.
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