Ozone impact from solar energetic particles cools the polar stratosphere

Monika E. Szela̧g (), Daniel R. Marsh, Pekka T. Verronen, Annika Seppälä and Niilo Kalakoski
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Monika E. Szela̧g: Finnish Meteorological Institute
Daniel R. Marsh: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Pekka T. Verronen: Finnish Meteorological Institute
Annika Seppälä: University of Otago
Niilo Kalakoski: Finnish Meteorological Institute

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Understanding atmospheric impacts of solar energetic particle precipitation (EPP) remains challenging, from quantification of the response in ozone, to implications on temperature. Both are necessary to understand links between EPP and regional climate variability. Here we use a chemistry-climate model to assess the importance of EPP on late winter/spring polar stratosphere. In transient simulations, the impact on NOy, ozone, and temperature is underestimated when using EPP forcing from the current recommendation of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6). The resulting temperature response is largely masked by overall dynamical variability. An idealised experiment with EPP forcing that reproduces observed levels of NOy results in a significant reduction of ozone (up to 25%), cooling the stratosphere (up to 3 K) during late winter/spring. Our results unravel the inconsistency regarding the temperature response to EPP-driven springtime ozone decrease, and highlight the need for an improved EPP forcing in climate simulations.

Date: 2022
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