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Research article
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18 Jul 2018
Research article |
| 18 Jul 2018
| 18 Jul 2018
High gas-phase mixing ratios of formic and acetic acid in the High Arctic
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Jonathan P. D. Abbatt
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Jeremy J. B. Wentzell
Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gregory R. Wentworth
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Environmental Monitoring and Science Division, Alberta Environment and Parks, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jennifer G. Murphy
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Daniel Kunkel
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Ellen Gute
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
David W. Tarasick
Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sangeeta Sharma
Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Christopher J. Cox
NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory (ESRL), Physical Sciences Division (PSD), Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, USA
Taneil Uttal
NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory (ESRL), Physical Sciences Division (PSD), Boulder, CO, USA
John Liggio
Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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We measured gas-phase formic and acetic acid at Alert, Nunavut. These acids play an important role in cloud water acidity in remote environments, yet they are not well represented in chemical transport models, particularly in the Arctic. We observed high levels of formic and acetic acid under both cold, wet, and cloudy and warm, sunny, and dry conditions, suggesting that multiple sources significantly contribute to gas-phase concentrations of these species in the summer Arctic.
We measured gas-phase formic and acetic acid at Alert, Nunavut. These acids play an important...
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