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Coupled Stochastic Time-Inverted Lagrangian Transport/Weather Forecast and Research/Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration ModelThis paper evaluates simulations of atmospheric CO2 measured in 2004 at continental surface and airborne receptors, intended to test the capability to use data with high temporal and spatial resolution for analyses of carbon sources and sinks at regional and continental scales. The simulations were performed using the Stochastic Time-Inverted Lagrangian Transport (STILT) model driven by the Weather Forecast and Research (WRF) model, and linked to surface fluxes from the satellite-driven Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration Model (VPRM). The simulations provide detailed representations of hourly CO2 tower data and reproduce the shapes of airborne vertical profiles with high fidelity. WRF meteorology gives superior model performance compared with standard meteorological products, and the impact of including WRF convective mass fluxes in the STILT trajectory calculations is significant in individual cases. Important biases in the simulation are associated with the nighttime CO2 build-up and subsequent morning transition to convective conditions, and with errors in the advected lateral boundary condition. Comparison of STILT simulations driven by the WRF model against those driven by the Brazilian variant of the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (BRAMS) shows that model-to-model differences are smaller than between an individual transport model and observations, pointing to systematic errors in the simulated transport. Future developments in the WRF model s data assimilation capabilities, basic research into the fundamental aspects of trajectory calculations, and intercomparison studies involving other transport models, are possible venues for reducing these errors. Overall, the STILT/WRF/VPRM offers a powerful tool for continental and regional scale carbon flux estimates.
Document ID
20070034174
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Eluszkiewicz, Janusz
(Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. Lexington, MA, United States)
Nehrkorn, Thomas
Wofsy, Steven C.
Matross, Daniel
Gerbig, Christoph
Lin, John C.
Freitas, Saulo
Longo, Marcos
Andrews, Arlyn E.
Peters, Wouter
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2007
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNH05CC42C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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