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@ARTICLE{Hamryszczak:909377,
author = {Hamryszczak, Zaneta T. and Pozzer, Andrea and Obersteiner,
Florian and Bohn, Birger and Steil, Benedikt and Lelieveld,
Jos and Fischer, Horst},
title = {{D}istribution of hydrogen peroxide over {E}urope during
the {BLUESKY} aircraft campaign},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {22},
number = {14},
issn = {1680-7316},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-03165},
pages = {9483 - 9497},
year = {2022},
abstract = {In this work we present airborne in situ trace gas
observations of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and the sum of
organic hydroperoxides over Europe during the Chemistry of
the Atmosphere – Field Experiments in Europe (CAFE-EU,
also known as BLUESKY) aircraft campaign using a wet
chemical monitoring system, the HYdrogen Peroxide and Higher
Organic Peroxide (HYPHOP) monitor. The campaign took place
in May–June 2020 over central and southern Europe with two
additional flights dedicated to the North Atlantic flight
corridor. Airborne measurements were performed on the High
Altitude and LOng-range (HALO) research operating out of
Oberpfaffenhofen (southern Germany). We report average
mixing ratios for H2O2 of 0.32 ± 0.25, 0.39 ± 0.23
and 0.38 ± 0.21 ppbv in the upper and middle
troposphere and the boundary layer over Europe,
respectively. Vertical profiles of measured H2O2 reveal a
significant decrease, in particular above the boundary
layer, contrary to previous observations, most likely due to
cloud scavenging and subsequent rainout of soluble species.
In general, the expected inverted C-shaped vertical trend
with maximum hydrogen peroxide mixing ratios at 3–7 km
was not found during BLUESKY. This deviates from
observations during previous airborne studies over Europe,
i.e., 1.64 ± 0.83 ppbv during the HOOVER campaign and
1.67 ± 0.97 ppbv during UTOPIHAN-ACT II/III.
Simulations with the global chemistry–transport model EMAC
partly reproduce the strong effect of rainout loss on the
vertical profile of H2O2. A sensitivity study without H2O2
scavenging performed using EMAC confirms the strong
influence of clouds and precipitation scavenging on hydrogen
peroxide concentrations. Differences between model
simulations and observations are most likely due to
difficulties in the simulation of wet scavenging processes
due to the limited model resolution.},
cin = {IEK-8},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-8-20101013},
pnm = {2111 - Air Quality (POF4-211)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2111},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000828630700001},
doi = {10.5194/acp-22-9483-2022},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/909377},
}