Isoprene and Its Oxidation Products Methyl Vinyl Ketone, Methacrolein, and Isoprene Related Peroxides Measured Online over the Tropical Rain Forest of Surinam in March 1998 |
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Authors: | C. Warneke R. Holzinger A. Hansel A. Jordan W. Lindinger U. Pöschl J. Williams P. Hoor H. Fischer P. J. Crutzen H. A. Scheeren J. Lelieveld |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institut für Ionenphysik, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, Austria;(2) Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, J. J. Becher-Weg 27, 55128 Mainz, Germany;(3) Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (IMAU), Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Airborne measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOC) were performed overthe tropical rainforest in Surinam (0–12 km altitude,2°–7° N, 54°–58° W) using the proton transferreaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) technique, which allows online monitoringof compounds like isoprene, its oxidation products methyl vinyl ketone,methacrolein, tentatively identified hydroxy-isoprene-hydroperoxides, andseveral other organic compounds. Isoprene volume mixing ratios (VMR) variedfrom below the detection limit at the highest altitudes to about 7 nmol/molin the planetary boundary layer shortly before sunset. Correlations betweenisoprene and its product compounds were made for different times of day andaltitudes, with the isoprene-hydroperoxides showing the highest correlation.Model calculated mixing ratios of the isoprene oxidation products using adetailed hydrocarbon oxidation mechanism, as well as the intercomparisonmeasurement with air samples collected during the flights in canisters andlater analysed with a GC-FID, showed good agreement with the PTR-MSmeasurements, in particular at the higher mixing ratios.Low OH concentrations in the range of 1–3 × 105molecules cm-3 averaged over 24 hours were calculated due to lossof OH and HO2 in the isoprene oxidation chain, thereby stronglyenhancing the lifetime of gases in the forest boundary layer. |
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Keywords: | isoprene isoprene oxidation products tropical forest boundary layer box model methylvinylketone methacrolein |
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