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© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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20 Dec 2016
Research article |
| 20 Dec 2016
Measurements of biogenic volatile organic compounds at a grazed savannah grassland agricultural landscape in South Africa
Kerneels Jaars
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University,
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Pieter G. van Zyl
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University,
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Johan P. Beukes
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University,
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Heidi Hellén
Finnish Meteorological Institute, PL 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Ville Vakkari
Finnish Meteorological Institute, PL 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Micky Josipovic
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University,
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Andrew D. Venter
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University,
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Matti Räsänen
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Leandra Knoetze
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University,
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Dirk P. Cilliers
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University,
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Stefan J. Siebert
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University,
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Markku Kulmala
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Janne Rinne
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science Lund University
Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
Alex Guenther
Department of Earth System Science, University of California,
Irvine, CA, USA
Lauri Laakso
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University,
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Finnish Meteorological Institute, PL 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Hannele Hakola
Finnish Meteorological Institute, PL 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
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Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) – important in tropospheric ozone and secondary organic aerosol formation – were measured at a savannah grassland in South Africa. Results presented are the most extensive for this type of landscape. Compared to other parts of the world, monoterpene levels were similar, while very low isoprene levels led to significantly lower total BVOC levels. BVOC levels were an order of magnitude lower compared to anthropogenic VOC levels measured at Welgegund.
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