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Abstract: Some initial results from a three-dimensional tracer model are presented.
The tracer model uses time-evolving, three-dimensional output from the general-circulation
model described by Mahlman and Manabe. In the tracer integrations, three-dimensional
advection and horizontal sub-grid-scale diffusion are calculated. Arbitrary
parameterizations of sources and sinks can be included. The advective terms
and time differencing are formulated so as to suppress artificial numerical
damping.
Currently, two major experiments are being conducted. The first is a diffuse
point-source injection into the Northern Hemisphere, mid-latitude winter
stratosphere. The other is a vertically stratified tracer with a crudely
simulated photochemical equilibrium at the upper level and a precipitation-dependent
sink at the lowest levels.
The results of both experiments show many similarities to the behavior
of analagous stratospheric trace substances. The first experiment shows
features close to those of radioactive debris from recent Chinese bomb tests.
The second experiment exhibits many features in common with those of observed
ozone.