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22 Aug 2018
Research article |
| 22 Aug 2018
| 22 Aug 2018
Direct measurements of NO3 reactivity in and above the boundary layer of a mountaintop site: identification of reactive trace gases and comparison with OH reactivity
Jonathan M. Liebmann
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institut für
Chemie, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Jennifer B. A. Muller
Meteorologisches Observatorium
Hohenpeissenberg, Deutscher Wetterdienst, 82383 Hohenpeissenberg, Germany
Dagmar Kubistin
Meteorologisches Observatorium
Hohenpeissenberg, Deutscher Wetterdienst, 82383 Hohenpeissenberg, Germany
Anja Claude
Meteorologisches Observatorium
Hohenpeissenberg, Deutscher Wetterdienst, 82383 Hohenpeissenberg, Germany
Robert Holla
Meteorologisches Observatorium
Hohenpeissenberg, Deutscher Wetterdienst, 82383 Hohenpeissenberg, Germany
Christian Plass-Dülmer
Meteorologisches Observatorium
Hohenpeissenberg, Deutscher Wetterdienst, 82383 Hohenpeissenberg, Germany
Jos Lelieveld
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institut für
Chemie, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institut für
Chemie, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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We present direct measurements of the summertime total reactivity (inverse lifetime) of NO3 towards organic trace gases at a rural mountain site. High daytime and low night-time values were found. The reactivity was dominated by reaction with monoterpenes and sufficiently high to compete with photolysis and reaction with NO during daytime. NO3 radical measurements from one night are presented. For the first time, direct measurements of OH and NO3 reactivity are compared.
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