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The influence of clouds on radical concentrations: observations and modelling studies of HOx during the Hill Cap Cloud Thuringia (HCCT) campaign in 2010 |
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L. K. Whalley, D. Stone, I. J. George, S. Mertes, D. van Pinxteren, A. Tilgner, H. Herrmann, M. J. Evans, D. E. Heard |
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Englisch
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1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 15, no. 6 ; Nr. 15, no. 6 (2015-03-23), S.3289-3301 |
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250119573
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/acp-15-3289-2015.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The potential for chemistry occurring in cloud droplets to impact atmospheric
composition has been known for some time. However, the lack of direct
observations and uncertainty in the magnitude of these reactions led to this
area being overlooked in most chemistry transport models. Here we present
observations from Mt Schmücke, Germany, of the HO2 radical made
alongside a suite of cloud measurements. HO2 concentrations were
depleted in-cloud by up to 90% with the rate of heterogeneous loss of
HO2 to clouds necessary to bring model and measurements into agreement,
demonstrating a dependence on droplet surface area and pH. This provides the
first observationally derived assessment for the uptake coefficient of
HO2 to cloud droplets and was found to be in good agreement with
theoretically derived parameterisations. Global model simulations, including
this cloud uptake, showed impacts on the oxidising capacity of the
troposphere that depended critically on whether the HO2 uptake leads to
production of H2O2 or H2O. |
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