Simple proxies for estimating the concentrations of monoterpenes and their
oxidation products at a boreal forest site

Kontkanen, Jenni; Paasonen, Pauli; Aalto, Juho; Bäck, Jaana; Rantala, Pekka; Petäjä, Tuukka; Kulmala, Markku

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-13291-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 20

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-13291-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Special issue:

Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX)

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-13291-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 20

Research article

|

28 Oct 2016

Research article |

| 28 Oct 2016

Simple proxies for estimating the concentrations of monoterpenes and their oxidation products at a boreal forest site

Jenni Kontkanen, Pauli Paasonen, Juho Aalto, Jaana Bäck, Pekka Rantala, Tuukka Petäjä, and Markku Kulmala

Data sets

AVAA AVAA SmartSMEAR http://avaa.tdata.fi/web/smart/

Public Datasets European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) http://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/

Short summary

We developed proxies for estimating the concentrations of monoterpenes and their oxidation products at a boreal forest site in Hyytiälä, Finland. The proxies for the monoterpene concentration include temperature-controlled emissions, dilution and different oxidation processes. The proxies were observed to capture the seasonal and diurnal variation of the monoterpene concentration reasonably well. Our proxies can be used in the analysis of new particle formation and growth in boreal environments.