Formaldehyde (HCHO) in air, snow, and interstitial air at Concordia (East Antarctic Plateau) in summer
During the 2011/12 and 2012/13 austral summers, HCHO was investigated for the first time in ambient air, snow, and interstitial air at the Concordia site, located near Dome C on the East Antarctic Plateau, by deploying an Aerolaser AL-4021 analyzer. Snow emission fluxes were estimated from vertical...
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ftcopernicus:oai:publications.copernicus.org:acp27783 2023-05-15T13:43:09+02:00 Formaldehyde (HCHO) in air, snow, and interstitial air at Concordia (East Antarctic Plateau) in summer Preunkert, S. Legrand, M. Frey, M. M. Kukui, A. Savarino, J. Gallée, H. King, M. Jourdain, B. Vicars, W. Helmig, D. 2018-09-10 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6689-2015 https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/6689/2015/ eng eng doi:10.5194/acp-15-6689-2015 https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/6689/2015/ eISSN: 1680-7324 Text 2018 ftcopernicus https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6689-2015 2019-12-24T09:53:22Z During the 2011/12 and 2012/13 austral summers, HCHO was investigated for the first time in ambient air, snow, and interstitial air at the Concordia site, located near Dome C on the East Antarctic Plateau, by deploying an Aerolaser AL-4021 analyzer. Snow emission fluxes were estimated from vertical gradients of mixing ratios observed at 1 cm and 1 m above the snow surface as well as in interstitial air a few centimeters below the surface and in air just above the snowpack. Typical flux values range between 1 and 2 × 10 12 molecules m −2 s −1 at night and 3 and 5 × 10 12 molecules m −2 s −1 at noon. Shading experiments suggest that the photochemical HCHO production in the snowpack at Concordia remains negligible compared to temperature-driven air–snow exchanges. At 1 m above the snow surface, the observed mean mixing ratio of 130 pptv and its diurnal cycle characterized by a slight decrease around noon are quite well reproduced by 1-D simulations that include snow emissions and gas-phase methane oxidation chemistry. Simulations indicate that the gas-phase production from CH 4 oxidation largely contributes (66%) to the observed HCHO mixing ratios. In addition, HCHO snow emissions account for ~ 30% at night and ~ 10% at noon to the observed HCHO levels. Text Antarc* Antarctic Copernicus Publications: E-Journals Antarctic Austral Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 15 12 6689 6705 |
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During the 2011/12 and 2012/13 austral summers, HCHO was investigated for the first time in ambient air, snow, and interstitial air at the Concordia site, located near Dome C on the East Antarctic Plateau, by deploying an Aerolaser AL-4021 analyzer. Snow emission fluxes were estimated from vertical gradients of mixing ratios observed at 1 cm and 1 m above the snow surface as well as in interstitial air a few centimeters below the surface and in air just above the snowpack. Typical flux values range between 1 and 2 × 10 12 molecules m −2 s −1 at night and 3 and 5 × 10 12 molecules m −2 s −1 at noon. Shading experiments suggest that the photochemical HCHO production in the snowpack at Concordia remains negligible compared to temperature-driven air–snow exchanges. At 1 m above the snow surface, the observed mean mixing ratio of 130 pptv and its diurnal cycle characterized by a slight decrease around noon are quite well reproduced by 1-D simulations that include snow emissions and gas-phase methane oxidation chemistry. Simulations indicate that the gas-phase production from CH 4 oxidation largely contributes (66%) to the observed HCHO mixing ratios. In addition, HCHO snow emissions account for ~ 30% at night and ~ 10% at noon to the observed HCHO levels. |
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Preunkert, S. Legrand, M. Frey, M. M. Kukui, A. Savarino, J. Gallée, H. King, M. Jourdain, B. Vicars, W. Helmig, D. Formaldehyde (HCHO) in air, snow, and interstitial air at Concordia (East Antarctic Plateau) in summer |
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Formaldehyde (HCHO) in air, snow, and interstitial air at Concordia (East Antarctic Plateau) in summer |
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Formaldehyde (HCHO) in air, snow, and interstitial air at Concordia (East Antarctic Plateau) in summer |
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Formaldehyde (HCHO) in air, snow, and interstitial air at Concordia (East Antarctic Plateau) in summer |
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Formaldehyde (HCHO) in air, snow, and interstitial air at Concordia (East Antarctic Plateau) in summer |
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formaldehyde (hcho) in air, snow, and interstitial air at concordia (east antarctic plateau) in summer |
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