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Research article
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26 Feb 2015
Research article |
| 26 Feb 2015
Dependence of the vertical distribution of bromine monoxide in the lower troposphere on meteorological factors such as wind speed and stability
P. K. Peterson
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
K. A. Pratt
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
now at: Department of Chemistry and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
P. B. Shepson
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
J. Zielcke
Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
U. Platt
Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
S. J. Walsh
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
S. V. Nghiem
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Direct detection of atmospheric atomic bromine leading to mercury and ozone depletion S. Wang et al. 10.1073/pnas.1900613116
- Global Observations of Tropospheric Bromine Monoxide (BrO) Columns From TROPOMI Y. Chen et al. 10.1029/2023JD039091
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- Arctic tropospheric ozone seasonality, depletion, and oil field influence E. Widmaier et al. 10.1039/D4FD00166D
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- Evaluating the impact of blowing-snow sea salt aerosol on springtime BrO and O3 in the Arctic J. Huang et al. 10.5194/acp-20-7335-2020
- Tropospheric Halogen Chemistry: Sources, Cycling, and Impacts W. Simpson et al. 10.1021/cr5006638
- Measurements of Tropospheric Bromine Monoxide Over Four Halogen Activation Seasons in the Canadian High Arctic K. Bognar et al. 10.1029/2020JD033015
- Springtime Nitrogen Oxide-Influenced Chlorine Chemistry in the Coastal Arctic S. McNamara et al. 10.1021/acs.est.9b01797
- Implementation and Impacts of Surface and Blowing Snow Sources of Arctic Bromine Activation Within WRF‐Chem 4.1.1 L. Marelle et al. 10.1029/2020MS002391
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- Multiphase Reactive Bromine Chemistry during Late Spring in the Arctic: Measurements of Gases, Particles, and Snow D. Jeong et al. 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00189
- Environmental drivers of tropospheric bromine and mercury variability in coastal East Antarctica N. Page et al. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120918
- The Role of Snow in Controlling Halogen Chemistry and Boundary Layer Oxidation During Arctic Spring: A 1D Modeling Case Study S. Ahmed et al. 10.1029/2021JD036140
- Constraints on Arctic Atmospheric Chlorine Production through Measurements and Simulations of Cl2 and ClO K. Custard et al. 10.1021/acs.est.6b03909
- Production and Release of Molecular Bromine and Chlorine from the Arctic Coastal Snowpack K. Custard et al. 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00014
- MAX-DOAS measurements of NO2, SO2, HCHO, and BrO at the Mt. Waliguan WMO GAW global baseline station in the Tibetan Plateau J. Ma et al. 10.5194/acp-20-6973-2020
- Evaluation of the Stratospheric and Tropospheric Bromine Burden Over Fairbanks, Alaska Based on Column Retrievals of Bromine Monoxide P. Wales et al. 10.1029/2020JD032896
- Active molecular iodine photochemistry in the Arctic A. Raso et al. 10.1073/pnas.1702803114
- Effect of Prudhoe Bay emissions on atmospheric aerosol growth events observed in Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska K. Kolesar et al. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.12.019
- Polar Nighttime Chemistry Produces Intense Reactive Bromine Events W. Simpson et al. 10.1029/2018GL079444
- Direct detection of atmospheric atomic bromine leading to mercury and ozone depletion S. Wang et al. 10.1073/pnas.1900613116
- Global Observations of Tropospheric Bromine Monoxide (BrO) Columns From TROPOMI Y. Chen et al. 10.1029/2023JD039091
- Spatial distribution of enhanced BrO and its relation to meteorological parameters in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice regions S. Seo et al. 10.5194/acp-20-12285-2020
- Global retrieval of stratospheric and tropospheric BrO columns from the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Nadir Mapper (OMPS-NM) on board the Suomi-NPP satellite H. Chong et al. 10.5194/amt-17-2873-2024
- Investigation of meteorological conditions and BrO during ozone depletion events in Ny-Ålesund between 2010 and 2021 B. Zilker et al. 10.5194/acp-23-9787-2023
- Seasonal variation of tropospheric bromine monoxide over the Rann of Kutch salt marsh seen from space C. Hörmann et al. 10.5194/acp-16-13015-2016
- Study of an Arctic Cyclone-Induced Bromine Explosion Event in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard D. Chen et al. 10.2139/ssrn.4045479
- Impacts of Arctic oil field NOx emissions on downwind bromine chemistry: insights from 5 years of MAX-DOAS observations P. Peterson et al. 10.1039/D4FD00164H
- Possible role of electric forces in bromine activation during polar boundary layer ozone depletion and aerosol formation events E. Tkachenko 10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.05.012
- A case study of a transported bromine explosion event in the Canadian high arctic X. Zhao et al. 10.1002/2015JD023711
- Horizontal and vertical structure of reactive bromine events probed by bromine monoxide MAX-DOAS W. Simpson et al. 10.5194/acp-17-9291-2017
- Tropospheric bromine monoxide vertical profiles retrieved across the Alaskan Arctic in springtime N. Brockway et al. 10.5194/acp-24-23-2024
- Springtime Bromine Activation over Coastal and Inland Arctic Snowpacks P. Peterson et al. 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00083
- On the dynamics of ozone depletion events at Villum Research Station in the High Arctic J. Pernov et al. 10.5194/acp-24-13603-2024
- Arctic Reactive Bromine Events Occur in Two Distinct Sets of Environmental Conditions: A Statistical Analysis of 6 Years of Observations W. Swanson et al. 10.1029/2019JD032139
- Link Between Arctic Tropospheric BrO Explosion Observed From Space and Sea‐Salt Aerosols From Blowing Snow Investigated Using Ozone Monitoring Instrument BrO Data and GEOS‐5 Data Assimilation System S. Choi et al. 10.1029/2017JD026889
- Application of Satellite‐Based Detections of Arctic Bromine Explosion Events Within GEOS‐Chem P. Wales et al. 10.1029/2022MS003465
- Reactive bromine in the low troposphere of Antarctica: estimations at two research sites C. Prados-Roman et al. 10.5194/acp-18-8549-2018
- Arctic tropospheric ozone seasonality, depletion, and oil field influence E. Widmaier et al. 10.1039/D4FD00166D
- Variability of bromine monoxide at Barrow, Alaska, over four halogen activation (March–May) seasons and at two on‐ice locations P. Peterson et al. 10.1002/2015JD024094
- Comparison of model and ground observations finds snowpack and blowing snow aerosols both contribute to Arctic tropospheric reactive bromine W. Swanson et al. 10.5194/acp-22-14467-2022
- Study of an Arctic blowing snow-induced bromine explosion event in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard D. Chen et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156335
- Observations of bromine monoxide transport in the Arctic sustained on aerosol particles P. Peterson et al. 10.5194/acp-17-7567-2017
- Evaluating the impact of blowing-snow sea salt aerosol on springtime BrO and O3 in the Arctic J. Huang et al. 10.5194/acp-20-7335-2020
- Tropospheric Halogen Chemistry: Sources, Cycling, and Impacts W. Simpson et al. 10.1021/cr5006638
- Measurements of Tropospheric Bromine Monoxide Over Four Halogen Activation Seasons in the Canadian High Arctic K. Bognar et al. 10.1029/2020JD033015
- Springtime Nitrogen Oxide-Influenced Chlorine Chemistry in the Coastal Arctic S. McNamara et al. 10.1021/acs.est.9b01797
- Implementation and Impacts of Surface and Blowing Snow Sources of Arctic Bromine Activation Within WRF‐Chem 4.1.1 L. Marelle et al. 10.1029/2020MS002391
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We developed methods to measure the vertical distribution of bromine monoxide, a gas that oxidizes pollutants, above sea ice based upon MAX-DOAS observations from Barrow, Alaska, and find that atmospheric stability exerts a strong control on BrO's vertical distribution. Specifically, more stable (temperature inversion) situations result in BrO being closer to the ground while more neutral (not inverted) atmospheres allow BrO to ascend further aloft and grow to larger column abundance.
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