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| 06 Feb 2015
Evidence for an unidentified non-photochemical ground-level source of formaldehyde in the Po Valley with potential implications for ozone production
J. Kaiser
Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
G. M. Wolfe
Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
now at: Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
now at: Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
L. N. Ganzeveld
Earth System Science and Climate Change, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, Netherlands
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
R. Häseler
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
A. Hofzumahaus
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
F. Holland
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
J. Jäger
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
I. Lohse
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
now at: College of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
A. S. H. Prévôt
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
F. Rohrer
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
R. Wegener
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
R. Wolf
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
T. F. Mentel
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
A. Kiendler-Scharr
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
A. Wahner
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
F. N. Keutsch
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Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Using measurements acquired from a Zeppelin airship during the PEGASOS 2012 campaign, we show that VOC oxidation alone cannot account for the formaldehyde concentrations observed in the morning over rural Italy. Vertical profiles suggest a ground-level source of HCHO. Incorporating this additional HCHO source into a photochemical model increases calculated O3 production by as much as 12%.
Using measurements acquired from a Zeppelin airship during the PEGASOS 2012 campaign, we show...
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