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@TECHREPORT{Ehhalt:136081,
author = {Ehhalt, D. H . and Schmidt, U. and Lowe, D. C.},
title = {{T}he {T}ropospheric {D}istribution of {F}ormaldehyde},
volume = {1756},
number = {Juel-1756},
address = {Jülich},
publisher = {Kernforschungsanlage Jülich GmbH, Zentralbibliothek,
Verlag},
reportid = {PreJuSER-136081, Juel-1756},
series = {Berichte der Kernforschungsanlage Jülich},
pages = {100 S.},
year = {1981},
note = {Record converted from JUWEL: 18.07.2013},
abstract = {A new measurement technique for determining the very low
formaldehyde (HCHO) concentrations in clean air is
described. The method is based on the standard
derivatisation of formaldehyde with
2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine. The derivative, formaldehyde
2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, is seperated using high
performance liquid chromatography and detected at 254 nm
with a conventional UV absorbance detector. Formaldehyde was
sampled using a specially developed battery powered portable
apparatus. This equipment proved to be easy and convenient
to operate, even in remote clean air locations where the
formaldehyde mixing ratio and its natural variations are
likely to be of especial interest in air chemistry. The
sampling and analysis technique have been used to measure
tropospheric mixing ratios at various places in Europe and
New Zealand as well as during a ship cruise in the North and
South Atlantic. In addition vertical profiles of the
formaldehyde mixing ratio were obtained during several
aircraft flights up to 7 km above the Eifel district of the
Federal Republic of Germany. The results of the measurements
show that formaldehyde mixing ratios in clean air are very
low. At ground level, values are about 0.2 ppbv and decrease
with altitude, with values under 0.1 ppbv at 7 km being
observed. In clean maritime air no significant difference in
the formaldehyde mixing ratio between the hemispheres was
observed. In the mid Atlantic, diurnal variations of the
formaldehyde mixing ratio showing weak maxima during the
early afternoon were occasionally observed. These variations
were attributed to the diurnal behaviour of the
photochemical production and destruction of formaldehyde
during stable weather conditions. Measurements in polluted
air at Jülich in the Federal Republic of Germany and in the
continental boundary layer showed high variable mixing
ratios which were undoubtedly due to industrial and
vehicular sources of formaldehyde.},
cin = {ICG-2},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB791},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)29},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/136081},
}