Evaluate transport processes in MERRA driven chemical transport models using updated 222Rn emission inventories and global observations

Bo Zhang1, Hongyu Liu2, James H Crawford2, Thomas Duncan Fairlie2, Gao Chen3, Scott D. Chambers4, Chang-Hee Kang5, Alastair G Williams6, Kai Zhang7, David B Considine8, Melissa Payer Sulprizio9 and Robert Yantosca9, (1)National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, United States, (2)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (3)NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, United States, (4)Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Kirrawee, Australia, (5)Cheju National University, Jeju, Korea, Republic of (South), (6)Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Kirrawee, NSW, Australia, (7)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (8)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, (9)Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, United States