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Earth Sciences

2009

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Observations Of Heterogeneous Reactions Between Asian Pollution And Mineral Dust Over The Eastern North Pacific During Intex-B, Cameron Mcnaughton, A D. Clarke, V Kapustin, Yohei Shinozuka, S G. Howell, B E. Anderson, E L. Winstead, Jack E. Dibb, Eric Scheuer, Ronald C. Cohen, Paul J. Wooldridge, A E. Perring, L Gregory Huey, S Kim, Jose L. Jimenez, E J. Dunlea, P F. Decarlo, Paul Wennberg, John D. Crounse, Andrew Weinheimer, F Flocke Nov 2009

Observations Of Heterogeneous Reactions Between Asian Pollution And Mineral Dust Over The Eastern North Pacific During Intex-B, Cameron Mcnaughton, A D. Clarke, V Kapustin, Yohei Shinozuka, S G. Howell, B E. Anderson, E L. Winstead, Jack E. Dibb, Eric Scheuer, Ronald C. Cohen, Paul J. Wooldridge, A E. Perring, L Gregory Huey, S Kim, Jose L. Jimenez, E J. Dunlea, P F. Decarlo, Paul Wennberg, John D. Crounse, Andrew Weinheimer, F Flocke

Earth Sciences

In-situ airborne measurements of trace gases, aerosol size distributions, chemistry and optical properties were conducted over Mexico and the Eastern North Pacific during MILAGRO and INTEX-B. Heterogeneous reactions between secondary aerosol precursor gases and mineral dust lead to sequestration of sulfur, nitrogen and chlorine in the supermicrometer particulate size range.

Simultaneous measurements of aerosol size distributions and weak-acid soluble calcium result in an estimate of 11 wt% of CaCO3 for Asian dust. During transport across the North Pacific, ∼5ĝ€ "30% of the CaCO3 is converted to CaSO4 or Ca(NO 3)2 with an additional ∼4% consumed through reactions with HCl. The …


Airborne Observations Of Total Rono2: New Constraints On The Yield And Lifetime Of Isoprene Nitrates, A E. Perring, T H. Bertram, Paul J. Wooldridge, A Fried, B J. Heikes, Jack E. Dibb, John D. Crounse, Paul Wennberg, N J. Blake, D R. Blake, William H. Brune, H B. Singh, Robert C. Cohen Feb 2009

Airborne Observations Of Total Rono2: New Constraints On The Yield And Lifetime Of Isoprene Nitrates, A E. Perring, T H. Bertram, Paul J. Wooldridge, A Fried, B J. Heikes, Jack E. Dibb, John D. Crounse, Paul Wennberg, N J. Blake, D R. Blake, William H. Brune, H B. Singh, Robert C. Cohen

Earth Sciences

Formation of isoprene nitrates (INs) is an important free radical chain termination step ending production of ozone and possibly affecting formation of secondary organic aerosol. Isoprene nitrates also represent a potentially large, unmeasured contribution to OH reactivity and are a major pathway for the removal of nitrogen oxides from the atmosphere. Current assessments indicate that formation rates of isoprene nitrates are uncertain to a factor of 2ĝ€"3 and the subsequent fate of isoprene nitrates remains largely unconstrained by laboratory, field or modeling studies. Measurements of total alkyl and multifunctional nitrates (ΣANs), NO2, total peroxy nitrates (ΣPNs), HNO3, CH2O, isoprene and …