Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net 1680-7367 1680-7375 8 6 2008 10.5194/acpd-8-19891-2008 http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/8/19891/2008/ http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/8/19891/2008/acpd-8-19891-2008.html http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/8/19891/2008/acpd-8-19891-2008.pdf 19891 19916 2008-11-28 The CO₂ inhibition of terrestrial isoprene emission significantly affects future ozone projections P. J. Young paul.j.young@noaa.gov A. Arneth G. Schurgers G. Zeng J. A. Pyle Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK National Centre for Atmospheric Science, UK Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis, Centre for GeoBiosphere Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan, Lund, Sweden now at: NOAA/ESRL, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80 305, USA Simulations of future tropospheric composition often include substantial increases in biogenic isoprene emissions arising from the Arrhenius-like leaf emission response and warmer surface temperatures, and from enhanced vegetation productivity in response to temperature and atmospheric CO₂ concentration. However, a number of recent laboratory and field data have suggested a direct inhibition of leaf isoprene production by increasing atmospheric CO₂ concentration, notwithstanding isoprene being produced from precursor molecules that include some of the primary products of carbon assimilation. The cellular mechanism that underlies the decoupling of leaf photosynthesis and isoprene production still awaits a full explanation but accounting for this observation in a dynamic vegetation model that contains a semi-mechanistic treatment of isoprene emissions has been shown to change future global isoprene emission estimates notably. Here we use these estimates in conjunction with a chemistry-climate model to compare the effects of isoprene simulations without and with a direct CO₂-inhibition on late 21st century O₃ and OH levels. The impact on surface O₃ was significant. Including the CO₂-inhibition of isoprene resulted in opposing responses in polluted (O₃ decreases of up to 10 ppbv) vs. less polluted (O₃ increases of up to 10 ppbv) source regions, due to isoprene nitrate and peroxy acetyl nitrate (PAN) chemistry. OH concentration increased with relatively lower future isoprene emissions, decreasing methane lifetime by ~7 months. 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