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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9097-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9097-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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17 Jul 2019
Research article |
| 17 Jul 2019
| 17 Jul 2019
On the sources and sinks of atmospheric VOCs: an integrated analysis of recent aircraft campaigns over North America
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN, USA
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN, USA
Hanwant B. Singh
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Armin Wisthaler
Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Eric C. Apel
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Elliot L. Atlas
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine and
Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Donald R. Blake
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Ilann Bourgeois
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Steven S. Brown
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
John D. Crounse
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Joost A. de Gouw
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Frank M. Flocke
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Alan Fried
Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO, USA
Brian G. Heikes
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island,
Narragansett, RI, USA
Rebecca S. Hornbrook
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Tomas Mikoviny
Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Kyung-Eun Min
School of Earth Science and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea
Markus Müller
Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
now at: Ionicon Analytik GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria
J. Andrew Neuman
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Daniel W. O'Sullivan
United States Naval Academy, Chemistry Department, Annapolis, MD, USA
Jeff Peischl
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Gabriele G. Pfister
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Dirk Richter
Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO, USA
James M. Roberts
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Thomas B. Ryerson
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Stephen R. Shertz
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Chelsea R. Thompson
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Victoria Treadaway
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island,
Narragansett, RI, USA
Patrick R. Veres
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
James Walega
Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO, USA
Carsten Warneke
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Rebecca A. Washenfelder
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Petter Weibring
Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO, USA
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University,
Guangzhou, China
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Short summary
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) affect air quality and modify the lifetimes of other pollutants. We combine a high-resolution 3-D atmospheric model with an ensemble of aircraft observations to perform an integrated analysis of the VOC budget over North America. We find that biogenic emissions provide the main source of VOC reactivity even in most major cities. Our findings point to key gaps in current models related to oxygenated VOCs and to the distribution of VOCs in the free troposphere.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) affect air quality and modify the lifetimes of other...
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