Spatial variability in tropospheric peroxyacetyl nitrate in the tropics from infrared satellite observations in 2005 and 2006

Payne, Vivienne H.; Fischer, Emily V.; Worden, John R.; Jiang, Zhe; Zhu, Liye; Kurosu, Thomas P.; Kulawik, Susan S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6341-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 10

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 6341–6351, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6341-2017

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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 6341–6351, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6341-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 10

Research article 24 May 2017

Research article | 24 May 2017

Spatial variability in tropospheric peroxyacetyl nitrate in the tropics from infrared satellite observations in 2005 and 2006

Vivienne H. Payne et al.

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript “Spatial variability in tropospheric peroxyacetyl nitrate in the tropics from infrared satellite observations in 2005 and 2006” by Payne et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Jan 2017
RC2: 'Spatial variability in tropospheric peroxyacetyl nitrate in the tropics from infrared satellite observations in 2005 and 2006” by Vivienne H. Payne et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Jan 2017
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Short summary

Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) plays a key role in atmospheric chemistry and long-range transport of pollution. In this paper, we present measurements of PAN from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer, an instrument on board the NASA Aura satellite since 2004. We focus on measurements of PAN in tropical regions, where data from ground-based and aircraft campaigns are particularly sparse. We observe temporal changes in PAN associated with changes in fires, convection and emissions.