Articles | Volume 24, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-8317-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-8317-2024
Research article
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24 Jul 2024
Research article |  | 24 Jul 2024

Revising VOC emissions speciation improves the simulation of global background ethane and propane

Matthew J. Rowlinson, Mat J. Evans, Lucy J. Carpenter, Katie A. Read, Shalini Punjabi, Adedayo Adedeji, Luke Fakes, Ally Lewis, Ben Richmond, Neil Passant, Tim Murrells, Barron Henderson, Kelvin H. Bates, and Detlev Helmig

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2557', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Dec 2023
  • RC2: 'Review of egusphere-2023-2557', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jan 2024
  • AC1: 'Response to RC1 and RC2', Matthew Rowlinson, 15 Mar 2024
  • AC2: 'Response to RC1 and RC2', Matthew Rowlinson, 15 Mar 2024

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Matthew Rowlinson on behalf of the Authors (12 Apr 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Apr 2024) by Kelley Barsanti
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (28 Apr 2024)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 May 2024)
ED: Publish as is (20 May 2024) by Kelley Barsanti
AR by Matthew Rowlinson on behalf of the Authors (23 May 2024)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Ethane and propane are volatile organic compounds emitted from human activities which help to form ozone, a pollutant and greenhouse gas, and also affect the chemistry of the lower atmosphere. Atmospheric models tend to do a poor job of reproducing the abundance of these compounds in the atmosphere. By using regional estimates of their emissions, rather than globally consistent estimates, we can significantly improve the simulation of ethane in the model and make some improvement for propane.
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