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29 May 2019
Research article |
| 29 May 2019
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Non-methane hydrocarbon (C2–C8) sources and sinks around the Arabian Peninsula
Efstratios Bourtsoukidis
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz 55128, Germany
Lisa Ernle
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz 55128, Germany
John N. Crowley
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz 55128, Germany
Jos Lelieveld
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz 55128, Germany
Jean-Daniel Paris
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat
et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, UMR8212, IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Andrea Pozzer
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz 55128, Germany
David Walter
Department of Multiphase Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz 55128, Germany
Jonathan Williams
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz 55128, Germany
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We report on results that demonstrate the utility of non-methane hydrocarbons as source/sink identification tracers while providing their mixing ratios around the Arabian Peninsula. By introducing novel data-analysis approaches, we establish a new method for separating associated and non-associated (with liquids) gases. We formulate a relationship between hydrocarbon oxidative pairs that can be used to evaluate the relative abundance of the hydroxyl and chlorine radicals in the troposphere.
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