Emissions of biogenic volatile organic compounds and subsequent photochemical production of secondary organic aerosol in mesocosm studies of temperate and tropical plant species

Kevin Wyche, A.C. Ryan, C.N. Hewitt, M.R. Alfarra, G.B. McFiggans, T. Carr, P.S. Monks, Kirsty Smallbone, G. Capes, J.F. Hamilton, T.A.M. Pugh, A.R. MacKenzie

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Abstract

Silver birch (Betula pendula) and three Southeast Asian tropical plant species (Ficus cyathistipula,Ficus benjaminaandCaryota millis) from the pantropical fig and palm genera were grown in a purpose-built and environment-controlled whole-tree chamber. The volatile organic compounds emitted from these trees were characterised and fed into a linked photochemical reaction chamber where they underwent photo-oxidation under a range of controlled conditions (relative humidity or RH ~65–89%, volatile organic compound-to-NOxor VOC / NOx~3–9 and NOx~2 ppbV). Both the gas phase and the aerosol phase of the reaction chamber were monitored in detail using a comprehensive suite of on-line and off-line chemical and physical measurement techniques.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12781-12801
Number of pages21
JournalAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Volume14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Dec 2014

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© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Keywords

  • volatile organic compounds
  • air pollution
  • organic aerosols
  • silver birch
  • fig

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