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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Année : 2006

Assessing the effect of a Saharan dust storm on oxygenated organic compounds at Izaña, Tenerife (July–August 2002)

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In July-August 2002 the field measurement campaign Mineral Dust and Tropospheric Chemistry (MINATROC) was carried out at the Global Atmosphere Watch station at Izaña, Tenerife, to study the interaction of mineral dust aerosol and tropospheric chemistry. Organic trace gas mixing ratios were determined for the following: alkanes (e.g., propane); alkenes (isoprene); aromatic compounds (toluene); and oxygenated species (CO, methanol, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acetone) simultaneously with aerosol measurements of dust. Local emissions of biogenic (isoprene and methanol) and anthropogenic compounds (CO and toluene) were observed at Izaña by day. Nighttime mixing ratios of organic species were interpreted as representative of the Atlantic free troposphere. A local production and loss budget for formaldehyde suggested that isoprene dominates production by day, and a significant dry deposition velocity is estimated at night of 0.74 cm/s. The total reactivity of the organic trace gases measured to OH is estimated as 1.7 s À1 by day and 0.7 s À1 by night. During the campaign a dense Saharan dust plume, with aerosol masses exceeding 500 mg m À3 , persisted for 3 days. Air masses containing dust appeared to be generally more polluted (in acetone and CO) than the prevailing westerly flow, but local biogenic emissions were little affected (e.g., methanol and isoprene). Although during the dust period the daily cycles and the absolute concentrations of some oxygenated species are different (e.g., acetaldehyde), these changes could not be attributed unequivocally to heterogeneous reactions on dust.
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hal-03117214 , version 1 (13-04-2021)

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G. Salisbury, J. Williams, V. Gros, S. Bartenbach, X. Xu, et al.. Assessing the effect of a Saharan dust storm on oxygenated organic compounds at Izaña, Tenerife (July–August 2002). Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2006, 111 (D22), pp.D22303. ⟨10.1029/2005JD006840⟩. ⟨hal-03117214⟩
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