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17 Jun 2015
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| 17 Jun 2015
Formaldehyde (HCHO) in air, snow, and interstitial air at Concordia (East Antarctic Plateau) in summer
S. Preunkert
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38000 Grenoble, France
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LGGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
M. Legrand
CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38000 Grenoble, France
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LGGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
M. M. Frey
British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
A. Kukui
Laboratoire des Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Paris, France
Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E) UMR-CNRS, Orléans, France
J. Savarino
CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38000 Grenoble, France
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LGGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
H. Gallée
CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38000 Grenoble, France
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LGGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
B. Jourdain
CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38000 Grenoble, France
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LGGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
W. Vicars
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
D. Helmig
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
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- Summer variability of the atmospheric NO2 : NO ratio at Dome C on the East Antarctic Plateau A. Barbero et al. 10.5194/acp-22-12025-2022
- Uptake of gaseous formaldehyde by soil surfaces: a combination of adsorption/desorption equilibrium and chemical reactions G. Li et al. 10.5194/acp-16-10299-2016
- Marine sources of formaldehyde in the coastal atmosphere H. Shen et al. 10.1016/j.scib.2024.09.024
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- OH reactivity and concentrations of biogenic volatile organic compounds in a Mediterranean forest of downy oak trees N. Zannoni et al. 10.5194/acp-16-1619-2016
- The temporal evolution of HCHO and changes in atmospheric composition in the southeast of the United Kingdom B. Chauhan et al. 10.1016/j.cscee.2024.101092
- Summertime high resolution variability of atmospheric formaldehyde and non-methane volatile organic compounds in a rural background area M. de Blas et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.411
- Understanding mercury oxidation and air–snow exchange on the East Antarctic Plateau: a modeling study S. Song et al. 10.5194/acp-18-15825-2018
- Origins of formaldehyde in a mountainous background atmosphere of southern China Q. Li et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172707
- Chemistry of snow and ice cores along the ice flow lines at Lake Vostok (Antarctica) T. Khodzher et al. 10.1016/j.chemer.2019.125595
- Formaldehyde Continuous Monitoring at a Rural Station North of Rome: Appraisal of Local Sources Contribution and Meteorological Drivers F. Vichi et al. 10.3390/atmos14121833
- Impact of exhaust emissions on chemical snowpack composition at Concordia Station, Antarctica D. Helmig et al. 10.5194/tc-14-199-2020
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Short summary
During two austral summers HCHO was investigated in air, snow, and interstitial air at the Concordia site located on the East Antarctic Plateau. Snow emission fluxes were estimated to be around 1 to 2 and 3 to 5 x 10^12 molecules m-2 s-1 at night and at noon, respectively. Shading experiments suggest that the photochemical HCHO production in the snowpack at Concordia remains negligible. The mean HCHO level of 130pptv observed at 1m above the surface is quite well reproduced by 1-D simulations.
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