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@ARTICLE{KiendlerScharr:5759,
author = {Kiendler-Scharr, A. and Wildt, J. and Dal Maso, M. and
Hohaus, T. and Kleist, E. and Mentel, T. F. and Tillmann, R.
and Uerlings, R. and Schurr, U. and Wahner, A.},
title = {{N}ew particle formation in forests inhibited by isoprene
emissions},
journal = {Nature},
volume = {461},
issn = {0028-0836},
address = {London [u.a.]},
publisher = {Nature Publising Group},
reportid = {PreJuSER-5759},
pages = {381 - 384},
year = {2009},
note = {We gratefully acknowledge support by the European
Commission (IP-EUCAARI, contract number 036833-2).},
abstract = {It has been suggested that volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) are involved in organic aerosol formation, which in
turn affects radiative forcing and climate. The most
abundant VOCs emitted by terrestrial vegetation are isoprene
and its derivatives, such as monoterpenes and
sesquiterpenes. New particle formation in boreal regions is
related to monoterpene emissions and causes an estimated
negative radiative forcing of about -0.2 to -0.9 W m(-2).
The annual variation in aerosol growth rates during particle
nucleation events correlates with the seasonality of
monoterpene emissions of the local vegetation, with a
maximum during summer. The frequency of nucleation events
peaks, however, in spring and autumn. Here we present
evidence from simulation experiments conducted in a plant
chamber that isoprene can significantly inhibit new particle
formation. The process leading to the observed decrease in
particle number concentration is linked to the high
reactivity of isoprene with the hydroxyl radical (OH). The
suppression is stronger with higher concentrations of
isoprene, but with little dependence on the specific VOC
mixture emitted by trees. A parameterization of the observed
suppression factor as a function of isoprene concentration
suggests that the number of new particles produced depends
on the OH concentration and VOCs involved in the production
of new particles undergo three to four steps of oxidation by
OH. Our measurements simulate conditions that are typical
for forested regions and may explain the observed
seasonality in the frequency of aerosol nucleation events,
with a lower number of nucleation events during summer
compared to autumn and spring. Biogenic emissions of
isoprene are controlled by temperature and light, and if the
relative isoprene abundance of biogenic VOC emissions
increases in response to climate change or land use change,
the new particle formation potential may decrease, thus
damping the aerosol negative radiative forcing effect.},
keywords = {Aerosols: analysis / Aerosols: metabolism / Air: analysis /
Betula: drug effects / Betula: metabolism / Butadienes:
analysis / Butadienes: pharmacology / Carbon: analysis /
Environment, Controlled / Fagus: drug effects / Fagus:
metabolism / Hemiterpenes: analysis / Hemiterpenes:
pharmacology / Hemiterpenes: secretion / Hydroxyl Radical:
analysis / Hydroxyl Radical: metabolism / Light /
Monoterpenes: metabolism / Monoterpenes: pharmacology /
Oxidation-Reduction / Pentanes: analysis / Pentanes:
pharmacology / Picea: drug effects / Picea: metabolism /
Seasons / Temperature / Time Factors / Trees: drug effects /
Trees: metabolism / Volatile Organic Compounds: analysis /
Volatile Organic Compounds: metabolism / Aerosols (NLM
Chemicals) / Butadienes (NLM Chemicals) / Hemiterpenes (NLM
Chemicals) / Monoterpenes (NLM Chemicals) / Pentanes (NLM
Chemicals) / Volatile Organic Compounds (NLM Chemicals) /
Hydroxyl Radical (NLM Chemicals) / Carbon (NLM Chemicals) /
isoprene (NLM Chemicals) / J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-2 / ICG-3 / JARA-HPC},
ddc = {070},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB791 / I:(DE-Juel1)ICG-3-20090406 /
$I:(DE-82)080012_20140620$},
pnm = {Atmosphäre und Klima / Terrestrische Umwelt},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK406 / G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
shelfmark = {Multidisciplinary Sciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:19759617},
UT = {WOS:000269828100036},
doi = {10.1038/nature08292},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/5759},
}