Sources and sinks of acetone, methanol, and acetaldehyde in North Atlantic marine air

• Main Authors: Lewis, A. C., Hopkins, J. R., Carpenter, L. J., Stanton, J., Read, K. A., Pilling, M. J.
• Other Authors: Department of Chemistry York, UK, University of York York, UK, School of Chemistry Leeds, University of Leeds
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2005
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Mace; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00295705; https://hal.science/hal-00295705/document; https://hal.science/hal-00295705/file/acp-5-1963-2005.pdf

International audience Measurements of acetone, methanol, acetaldehyde and a range of non-methane hydrocarbons have been made in North Atlantic marine air at the Mace Head observatory. Under maritime conditions the combination of OVOCs (acetone, methanol and acetaldehyde) contributed up to 85% of th...