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@INPROCEEDINGS{George:890289,
author = {George, Midhun and Andrés Hernández, Maria Dolores and
Liu, Yangzhuoran and Nenakhov, Vladyslav and Philip Burrows,
John and Bohn, Birger and Förster, Eric and Zahn, Andreas
and Schlager, Hans and Ziereis, Helmut and Schreiner,
Benjamin and Pfeilsticker, Klaus},
title = {{I}nvestigation of the photochemical activity in different
{MPC} outflows during {EM}e{RG}e},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-00870},
year = {2020},
abstract = {<p>Since peroxy radicals are closely involved in a number
of tropospheric chemical processes like O<sub>3</sub>
budget, hydrocarbon oxidation and acid formation, the
accurate measurement of these radicals can provide essential
information to improve our understanding of processing and
transformation of polluted outflows from megacities and
Major Population Centres (MPCs).</p><p>Airborne measurements
of the total sum of peroxy radicals, RO<sub>2</sub>*
$\ =$ HO<sub>2</sub> + $\∑$ RO<sub>2</sub>, where
R is an organic group, were conducted in Europe in summer
2017 and in East Asia in spring 2018 within the EMeRGe
(Effect of Megacities on the Transport and Transformation of
Pollutants on the Regional to Global Scales) project by
using the PeRCEAS instrument (Peroxy Radical Chemical
Enhancement and Absorption Spectrometer), on board of the
HALO research aircraft (www.halo.dlr.de).</p><p>Over the
course of both measurement campaigns different MPC outflows
were investigated including among others, London, Rome,
Manila and Taipei. Polluted air masses of different origin
and composition were probed. Overall the peroxy radical
mixing ratios were of the same order of magnitude in the air
masses probed in Europe and in East Asia. The variations in
the photochemical activity were studied by taking into
account simultaneous observations of radical precursors and
photolysis rates, while applying known oxidation mechanisms.
Radical precursors, photolysis rates and aerosol load were
generally higher in Asia, which might indicate higher
radical loss reactions on the aerosol surface than in
Europe. Moreover this study shows a clear deviation in the
photostationary state for MPC outflows close to the emission
sources. Based on this information, this presentation will
focus on the actual understanding of the photochemical
processing in the probed air masses.</p>},
month = {May},
date = {2020-05-04},
organization = {EGU 2020, Online (online), 4 May 2020
- 8 May 2020},
subtyp = {Other},
cin = {IEK-8},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-8-20101013},
pnm = {243 - Tropospheric trace substances and their
transformation processes (POF3-243)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-243},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
doi = {10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-18635},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/890289},
}