Articles | Volume 18, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7539-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7539-2018
Research article
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31 May 2018
Research article |  | 31 May 2018

Isoprene and monoterpene emissions in south-east Australia: comparison of a multi-layer canopy model with MEGAN and with atmospheric observations

Kathryn M. Emmerson, Martin E. Cope, Ian E. Galbally, Sunhee Lee, and Peter F. Nelson

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Measurements of Urban, Marine and Biogenic Air (MUMBA): characterisation of trace gases and aerosol at the urban, marine and biogenic interface in summer in Wollongong, Australia E.-A. Guérette, C. Paton-Walsh, D. Kubistin, R. Humphries, M. Bhujel, R. R. Buchholz, S. Chambers, M. Cheng, P. Davy, D. Dominick, I. Galbally, D. W. T. Griffith, A. Griffiths, M. Keywood, S. Lawson, S. Molloy, P. Selleck, J. Simmons, and S. R. Wilson https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.871982

Sydney Particle Study 1 – Aerosol and gas data collection M. Keywood, P. Selleck, I. Galbally, S. Lawson, J. Powell, M. Cheng, R. Gillett, J. Ward, J. Harnwell, E. Dunne, K. Boast, F. Reisen, S. Molloy, A. Griffiths, S. Chambers, S. Crumeyrolle, C. Zhang, J. Zeng, and R. Fedele https://doi.org/10.4225/08/57903B83D6A5D

Sydney Particle Study 2 – Aerosol and gas data collection M. Keywood, P. Selleck, I. Galbally, S. Lawson, J. Powell, M. Cheng, R. Gillett, J. Ward, J. Harnwell, E. Dunne, K. Boast, F. Reisen, S. Molloy, A. Griffiths, S. Chambers, R. Humphries, E.-A. Guerette, and D. Cohen https://doi.org/10.4225/08/5791B5528BD63

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We compare the CSIRO in-house biogenic emissions model (ABCGEM) with the Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature (MEGAN), for eucalypt-rich south-east Australia. Differences in emissions are not only due to the emission factors, but also how these emission factors are processed. ABCGEM assumes monoterpenes are not light dependent, whilst MEGAN does. Comparison with observations suggests that Australian monoterpenes may not be as light dependent as other vegetation globally.
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