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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-14333-2021
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-14333-2021
© Author(s) 2021. 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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28 Sep 2021
Research article |
| 28 Sep 2021
| 28 Sep 2021
Impact of pyruvic acid photolysis on acetaldehyde and peroxy radical formation in the boreal forest: theoretical calculations and model results
Philipp G. Eger
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Luc Vereecken
Institute for Energy and Climate Research: IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Juelich, 52425 Juelich, Germany
Rolf Sander
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Jan Schuladen
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Nicolas Sobanski
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Horst Fischer
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Einar Karu
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Jonathan Williams
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Ville Vakkari
Atmospheric Composition Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group, Chemical Resource Beneficiation, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Tuukka Petäjä
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Jos Lelieveld
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Andrea Pozzer
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Data sets
IBAIRN data (Boreal forest, Hyytiälä Sept. 2016) Max-Planck-Institut, Mainz J. N. Crowley and H. Fischer https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3254828
Short summary
We determine the impact of pyruvic acid photolysis on the formation of acetaldehyde and peroxy radicals during summer and autumn in the Finnish boreal forest using a data-constrained box model. Our results are dependent on the chosen scenario in which the overall quantum yield and the photolysis products are varied. We highlight that pyruvic acid photolysis can be an important contributor to acetaldehyde and peroxy radical formation in remote, forested regions.
We determine the impact of pyruvic acid photolysis on the formation of acetaldehyde and peroxy...
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