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Research article
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09 Aug 2017
Research article |
| 09 Aug 2017
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in photochemically aged air from the eastern and western Mediterranean
Bettina Derstroff
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Imke Hüser
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Efstratios Bourtsoukidis
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
John N. Crowley
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Horst Fischer
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Sergey Gromov
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Institute of Global Climate and Ecology (Roshydromet and RAS), Moscow, Russia
Hartwig Harder
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Ruud H. H. Janssen
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Jürgen Kesselmeier
Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Jos Lelieveld
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Energy, Environment and Water Research Center, Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Chinmay Mallik
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Monica Martinez
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Anna Novelli
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung IEK-8: Troposphäre, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Uwe Parchatka
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Gavin J. Phillips
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Department of Natural Sciences, University of Chester, Chester, UK
Rolf Sander
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Carina Sauvage
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Jan Schuladen
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Christof Stönner
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Laura Tomsche
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Jonathan Williams
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Energy, Environment and Water Research Center, Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
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The aim of the study was to examine aged air masses being transported from the European continent towards Cyprus. Longer-lived oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) such as methanol were mainly impacted by long-distance transport and showed higher values in air masses from eastern Europe than in a flow regime from the west. The impact of the transport through the marine boundary layer as well as the influence of the residual layer/free troposphere on OVOCs were studied.
The aim of the study was to examine aged air masses being transported from the European...
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