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Air Quality and Climate Change Weather has a large effect on U.S. air quality. Loretta Mickley Harvard University What U.S. city is this? Co-authors: Amos Tai, Eric Leibensperger, and Xu Yue, Daniel Jacob, Jennifer Logan U.S. Air Quality Smog Blog, alg.umbc.edu/usaq Weather has a large effect on U.S. air quality. Jan 23, 2013 warmer cooler Salt Lake City Persistent temperature inversions this January over Northern Utah led to unhealthy air 11 out of 31 days. Airnow; NASA Earth Observatory 2 Both emissions and weather have been changing over the United States. OMI NO2 data Thanks to Bryan Duncan 3 Temperatures have been increasing rapidly since the 1980s. Temperature anomaly (o C) Contiguous US 1 0 Warming trend after 1980 -1 1880 2000 What do these trends mean for surface air quality? NASA GISS temperature analysis, GISTEMP 4 www.epa.gov/airdata/ad_viz_ozcompare.html Number of ozone exceedances in Chicago and St. Louis looked promisingly low in recent years. Chicago Number of days MDA8 ozone > 75 ppb St. Louis Airnow 5 www.epa.gov/airdata/ad_viz_ozcompare.html Drought + heat wave in 2012 ramped up number of ozone exceedances. Chicago Number of days MDA8 ozone > 75 ppb St. Louis Airnow 6 We know that surface ozone is sensitive to stagnation. Stagnant air covers East. Clear skies. High temperatures. Cold front moves through. Cool, clean air. Leibensperger et al., 2010 7 Cold fronts clear away pollution in central and eastern United States. High ozone levels Clean air Leibensperger et al., 2010 8 Cyclones passing through Great Lakes/ Southern Canada region are associated with cold fronts . Cyclone Stagnant air. Cold front moves through. Leibensperger et al., 2010 9 Number of cyclones over Great Lakes region Climate models predict decreasing trend in number of Great Lakes cyclones in warming atmosphere. Turner et al., 2013 30%RCP decrease 8.5 Climate model projection of JJA cyclone number over Great Lakes region. 10 Climate models predict more persistent weather in future atmosphere over mid-latitudes. What are the implications for air quality? As high latitudes warm, slower eastward progression of Rossby waves in the upper-level flow. Francis et al., 2012 11 Climate penalty for ozone air quality: Increased stagnation + high temperatures will likely increase surface ozone. D MDA8 JJA ozone 4 2 2000-2050 change in JJA MDA8 ozone due to climate change. 0 -2 -4 6 ppb ppb 4 4 2 2 0 0 -2 -2 -4 -4 Climate generated by NASA GISS Model 3; Tai et al., 2013 12 Response of PM2.5 to changing meteorology is more complicated. Observed sulfate correlates with temperature, but . . . . nitrate anti-correlates with temperature. Observed relationships with Temperature (% K-1) Tai et al., 2010 13 Net effect of 2000-2050 climate change on PM2.5 is small, at least when considering circulation changes. D annual mean PM2.5 2000-2050 change in annual mean PM2.5 due to changing circulation. Increased maritime flow Increased stagnation Changes are small, on the order of 0.5 mg m-3. Tai et al., 2012 14 Wildfires may become the dominant player in changing PM2.5 in future atmosphere. Modeled 2050s response of surface PM2.5 to trends in circulation and in wildfires. Tai et al., 2012; Yue et al., 2013 15 Doubling of wildfire activity in warmer and drier 2050s significantly increases PM2.5 in the western U.S. D organic PM2.5 2000-2050 change in JJA mean organic carbon particles due to changing wildfires. NASA GISS Model 3; Yue et al., 2013 16 Increase in organic PM2.5 in 2050s is especially large during extreme wildfire events. Cumulative probability of daily mean concentrations of organic particles 2050s doubling Presentday Projection shows doubling of organic particles during fire events over Rocky Mountains in MayOctober timeframe for the 2050s. NASA GISS Model 3; Yue et al., 2013 17 Take home message 1 The response of air quality to climate change depends on trends in extreme events: stagnation, inversions, or wildfires. Persistent temperature inversions this January over Northern Utah led to unhealthy air 11 out of 31 days. warmer cooler Salt Lake City Airnow; NASA Earth Observatory 18 Take home message 2: The climate penalty for ozone air quality could be large. D MDA8 JJA ozone 4 2 2000-2050 change in MDA8 JJA ozone due to climate change. 0 -2 -4 ppb 4 4 2 2 0 0 -2 -2 -4 -4 NASA GISS Model 3; Tai et al., 2013 19 Take home message 3: Air quality in the West is vulnerable to changing wildfire in a warmer, drier climate. Cumulative probability of daily mean concentrations of organic particles 2050s doubling Presentday Projection shows doubling of organic particles during wildfires over Rocky Mountains in 2050s. NASA GISS Model 3; Yue et al., 2013 20