Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W2781478806> ?p ?o ?g. }
- W2781478806 endingPage "17907" @default.
- W2781478806 startingPage "17895" @default.
- W2781478806 abstract "Abstract. We consider the utility of the annual inter-polar difference (IPD) as a metric for changes in Arctic emissions of methane (CH4). The IPD has been previously defined as the difference between weighted annual means of CH4 mole fraction data collected at stations from the two polar regions (defined as latitudes poleward of 53∘ N and 53∘ S, respectively). This subtraction approach (IPD) implicitly assumes that extra-polar CH4 emissions arrive within the same calendar year at both poles. We show using a continuous version of the IPD that the metric includes not only changes in Arctic emissions but also terms that represent atmospheric transport of air masses from lower latitudes to the polar regions. We show the importance of these atmospheric transport terms in understanding the IPD using idealized numerical experiments with the TM5 global 3-D atmospheric chemistry transport model that is run from 1980 to 2010. A northern mid-latitude pulse in January 1990, which increases prior emission distributions, arrives at the Arctic with a higher mole fraction and ≃12 months earlier than at the Antarctic. The perturbation at the poles subsequently decays with an e-folding lifetime of ≃4 years. A similarly timed pulse emitted from the tropics arrives with a higher value at the Antarctic ≃11 months earlier than at the Arctic. This perturbation decays with an e-folding lifetime of ≃7 years. These simulations demonstrate that the assumption of symmetric transport of extra-polar emissions to the poles is not realistic, resulting in considerable IPD variations due to variations in emissions and atmospheric transport. We assess how well the annual IPD can detect a constant annual growth rate of Arctic emissions for three scenarios, 0.5 %, 1 %, and 2 %, superimposed on signals from lower latitudes, including random noise. We find that it can take up to 16 years to detect the smallest prescribed trend in Arctic emissions at the 95 % confidence level. Scenarios with higher, but likely unrealistic, growth in Arctic emissions are detected in less than a decade. We argue that a more reliable measurement-driven approach would require data collected from all latitudes, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a global monitoring network to observe decadal changes in atmospheric greenhouse gases." @default.
- W2781478806 created "2018-01-12" @default.
- W2781478806 creator A5021613819 @default.
- W2781478806 creator A5028266518 @default.
- W2781478806 creator A5091297335 @default.
- W2781478806 date "2018-12-17" @default.
- W2781478806 modified "2023-09-30" @default.
- W2781478806 title "Detecting changes in Arctic methane emissions: limitations of the inter-polar difference of atmospheric mole fractions" @default.
- W2781478806 cites W1956280464 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W1970576121 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W1977838436 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W1991391147 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W1992450374 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2009225674 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2023404639 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2058522703 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2084281396 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2100256561 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2104210163 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2115689080 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2152650773 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2163229057 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2167000970 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2298216727 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2325510615 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2427928079 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2467285336 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2528367698 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2605478487 @default.
- W2781478806 cites W2605885815 @default.
- W2781478806 doi "https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17895-2018" @default.
- W2781478806 hasPublicationYear "2018" @default.
- W2781478806 type Work @default.
- W2781478806 sameAs 2781478806 @default.
- W2781478806 citedByCount "2" @default.
- W2781478806 countsByYear W27814788062019 @default.
- W2781478806 countsByYear W27814788062021 @default.
- W2781478806 crossrefType "journal-article" @default.
- W2781478806 hasAuthorship W2781478806A5021613819 @default.
- W2781478806 hasAuthorship W2781478806A5028266518 @default.
- W2781478806 hasAuthorship W2781478806A5091297335 @default.
- W2781478806 hasBestOaLocation W27814788061 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C111368507 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C121332964 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C122523270 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C127313418 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C1276947 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C13280743 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C153294291 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C177918212 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C178790620 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C185592680 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C29705727 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C3018378255 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C36591836 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C39432304 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C49204034 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C516920438 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C518008717 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C62520636 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C91586092 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConcept C97355855 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C111368507 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C121332964 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C122523270 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C127313418 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C1276947 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C13280743 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C153294291 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C177918212 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C178790620 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C185592680 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C29705727 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C3018378255 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C36591836 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C39432304 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C49204034 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C516920438 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C518008717 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C62520636 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C91586092 @default.
- W2781478806 hasConceptScore W2781478806C97355855 @default.
- W2781478806 hasFunder F4320310703 @default.
- W2781478806 hasIssue "24" @default.
- W2781478806 hasLocation W27814788061 @default.
- W2781478806 hasLocation W27814788062 @default.
- W2781478806 hasLocation W27814788063 @default.
- W2781478806 hasOpenAccess W2781478806 @default.
- W2781478806 hasPrimaryLocation W27814788061 @default.
- W2781478806 hasRelatedWork W2009658844 @default.
- W2781478806 hasRelatedWork W2026374356 @default.
- W2781478806 hasRelatedWork W2029522185 @default.
- W2781478806 hasRelatedWork W2066740341 @default.
- W2781478806 hasRelatedWork W2112492743 @default.
- W2781478806 hasRelatedWork W2781478806 @default.
- W2781478806 hasRelatedWork W2952713429 @default.
- W2781478806 hasRelatedWork W3121602448 @default.
- W2781478806 hasRelatedWork W4234315610 @default.