Articles | Volume 18, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-14493-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-14493-2018
Research article
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10 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 10 Oct 2018

Atmospheric oxidation in the presence of clouds during the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) study

William H. Brune, Xinrong Ren, Li Zhang, Jingqiu Mao, David O. Miller, Bruce E. Anderson, Donald R. Blake, Ronald C. Cohen, Glenn S. Diskin, Samuel R. Hall, Thomas F. Hanisco, L. Gregory Huey, Benjamin A. Nault, Jeff Peischl, Ilana Pollack, Thomas B. Ryerson, Taylor Shingler, Armin Sorooshian, Kirk Ullmann, Armin Wisthaler, and Paul J. Wooldridge

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AR by William Brune on behalf of the Authors (27 Jun 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (13 Jul 2018) by Dwayne Heard
AR by William Brune on behalf of the Authors (22 Jul 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (24 Jul 2018) by Dwayne Heard
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Thunderstorms pull in polluted air from near the ground, transport it up through clouds containing lightning, and deposit it at altitudes where airplanes fly. The resulting chemical mixture in this air reacts to form ozone and particles, which affect climate. In this study, aircraft observations of the reactive gases responsible for this chemistry generally agree with modeled values, even in ice clouds. Thus, atmospheric oxidation chemistry appears to be mostly understood for this environment.
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