Nitrogen isotope fractionation during gas-to-particle conversion of NOx to NO3− in the atmosphere – implications for isotope-based NOx source apportionment

Chang, Yunhua; Zhang, Yanlin; Tian, Chongguo; Zhang, Shichun; Ma, Xiaoyan; Cao, Fang; Liu, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Wenqi; Kuhn, Thomas; Lehmann, Moritz F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11647-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11647-2018

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Nitrogen isotope fractionation during gas-to-particle conversion of NO_x to NO₃⁻ in the atmosphere – implications for isotope-based NO_x source apportionment

Yunhua Chang, Yanlin Zhang, Chongguo Tian, Shichun Zhang, Xiaoyan Ma, Fang Cao, Xiaoyan Liu, Wenqi Zhang, Thomas Kuhn, and Moritz F. Lehmann

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RC1: 'Interactive comment on “Nitrogen isotope fractionation during gas-particle conversion of NOx to NO3− in the atmosphere – implications for isotope-based NOx source apportionment” by Chang et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Jun 2018
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We demonstrate that it is imperative that future studies, making use of isotope mixing models to gain conclusive constraints on the source partitioning of atmospheric NO_x, consider this N isotope fractionation. Future assessments of NO_x emissions in China (and elsewhere) should involve simultaneous δ¹⁵N and δ¹⁸O measurements of atmospheric nitrate and NO_x at high spatiotemporal resolution, allowing former N-isotope-based NO_x source partitioning estimates to be reevaluated more quantitatively.