Articles | Volume 21, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-18413-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-18413-2021
Measurement report
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17 Dec 2021
Measurement report |  | 17 Dec 2021

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HCHO is an important atmospheric trace gas influencing the photochemical processes in the Earth’s atmosphere, including the budget of HOx and the abundance of tropospheric O3. This research presents the photochemical calculations of HCHO and O3 based on three field campaigns across Europe. We show that HCHO production via the oxidation of only four volatile organic compound precursors, i.e., CH4, CH3CHO, C5H8 and CH3OH, can balance the observed loss at all sites well.
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