Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1459-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1459-2023
Model experiment description paper
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06 Mar 2023
Model experiment description paper |  | 06 Mar 2023

An inconsistency in aviation emissions between CMIP5 and CMIP6 and the implications for short-lived species and their radiative forcing

Robin N. Thor, Mariano Mertens, Sigrun Matthes, Mattia Righi, Johannes Hendricks, Sabine Brinkop, Phoebe Graf, Volker Grewe, Patrick Jöckel, and Steven Smith

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Model simulation data used in "An inconsistency in aviation emissions between CMIP5 and CMIP6 and the implications for short-lived species and their radiative forcing" Robin N. Thor https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7236060

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Model simulation data used in "An inconsistency in aviation emissions between CMIP5 and CMIP6 and the implications for short-lived species and their radiative forcing" Robin N. Thor https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7236060

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Short summary
We report on an inconsistency in the latitudinal distribution of aviation emissions between two versions of a data product which is widely used by researchers. From the available documentation, we do not expect such an inconsistency. We run a chemistry–climate model to compute the effect of the inconsistency in emissions on atmospheric chemistry and radiation and find that the radiative forcing associated with aviation ozone is 7.6 % higher when using the less recent version of the data.