Snow - a photobiochemical exchange platform for volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds with the atmosphere

International audience Field and laboratory studies of organic compounds in snow (12 species; concentrations <= 17 μg L-1) were conducted and microorganisms in snow and aerosols at urban and Arctic sites were investigated (snow: total bacteria count <= 40000 colony forming units per millilitre...

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Published in:Environmental Chemistry
Main Authors: Ariya, P. A., Domine, F., Kos, Gregor, Amyot, M., Côté, V., Vali, H., Lauzier, T., Kuhs, W.F., Techmer, K., Heinrichs, T., Mortazavi, R.
Other Authors: Department of Chemistry Montréal, McGill University = Université McGill Montréal, Canada, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Montréal, CHANG (CHANG), Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement (LTHE), Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Sciences Biologiques Montreal, Université de Montréal (UdeM), Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Montréal, Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum Göttingen (GZG), Georg-August-University Göttingen, University of Göttingen - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, NSERC, FQRNT, CFI
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2011
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Online Access:https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00646050
https://doi.org/10.1071/EN10056
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Summary:International audience Field and laboratory studies of organic compounds in snow (12 species; concentrations <= 17 μg L-1) were conducted and microorganisms in snow and aerosols at urban and Arctic sites were investigated (snow: total bacteria count <= 40000 colony forming units per millilitre (CFU mL(-1)), fungi <= 400 CFU mL(-1); air: bacteria <= 2.2 x 10(7) CFU m(-3), fungi <= 84 CFU m(-3)). Bio-organic material is transferred between snow and air and influence on snow-air exchange processes is demonstrated. Volatile organic compounds in snow are released into the air upon melting. In vitro photochemistry indicated an increase of <= 60 μg L-1 for 1,3- and 1,4-dimethylbenzenes. Bacillus cereus was identified and observed in snow and air with ice-nucleating being P. syringae absent. As a result snow photobiochemical reactions should be considered in describing organic matter air-snow exchanges, and the investigation of climate change.