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Characterization of soluble bromide measurements and a case study of BrO observations during ARCTAS |
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J. Liao, L. G. Huey, E. Scheuer, J. E. Dibb, R. E. Stickel, D. J. Tanner, J. A. Neuman, J. B. Nowak, S. Choi, Y. Wang, R. J. Salawitch, T. Canty, K. Chance, T. Kurosu, R. Suleiman, A. J. Weinheimer, R. E. Shetter, A. Fried, W. Brune, B. Anderson, X. Zhang, G. Chen, J. Crawford, A. Hecobian, E. D. Ingall |
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Englisch
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1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 12, no. 3 ; Nr. 12, no. 3 (2012-02-02), S.1327-1338 |
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250010632
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Publikation (Nr.) |
copernicus.org/acp-12-1327-2012.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
A focus of the Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from
Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS) mission was examination of bromine
photochemistry in the spring time high latitude troposphere based on
aircraft and satellite measurements of bromine oxide (BrO) and related
species. The NASA DC-8 aircraft utilized a chemical ionization mass
spectrometer (CIMS) to measure BrO and a mist chamber (MC) to measure soluble
bromide. We have determined that the MC detection efficiency to molecular
bromine (Br2), hypobromous acid (HOBr), bromine oxide (BrO), and
hydrogen bromide (HBr) as soluble bromide (Br−) was 0.9±0.1, 1.06+0.30/−0.35,
0.4±0.1, and 0.95±0.1, respectively. These efficiency
factors were used to estimate soluble bromide levels along the DC-8 flight
track of 17 April 2008 from photochemical calculations constrained to in situ
BrO measured by CIMS. During this flight, the highest levels of soluble
bromide and BrO were observed and atmospheric conditions were ideal for the
space-borne observation of BrO. The good agreement (R2 = 0.76; slope =
0.95; intercept = −3.4 pmol mol−1) between modeled and observed
soluble bromide, when BrO was above detection limit (>2 pmol mol−1)
under unpolluted conditions (NO<10 pmol mol−1), indicates that the
CIMS BrO measurements were consistent with the MC soluble bromide and that a
well characterized MC can be used to derive mixing ratios of some reactive
bromine compounds. Tropospheric BrO vertical column densities
(BrOVCD) derived from CIMS BrO observations compare well with
BrOTROPVCD from OMI on 17 April 2008. |
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