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Short lifetimes of organic nitrates in a sub-urban temperate forest indicate efficient assimilation of reactive nitrogen by the biosphere
Abstract. Alkyl nitrates (ANs) and peroxycarboxylic nitric anhydrides (PANs) are important reservoirs of reactive nitrogen that contribute significantly to the rate of formation and growth of secondary organic aerosols and support the transport of reactive nitrogen from polluted areas to remote areas. It is therefore critical to understand their sources and sinks in different environments. In this study we use measurements of OH, O3, NO3 reactivity, VOCs, ∑ANs and ∑PANs during the ACROSS campaign to investigate different production and loss processes of ANs and PANs in a temperate forest. At daytime OH-initiated processes were the dominant source of ANs (69–72 %) followed by NO3 (18–20 %) and O3 (8–12 %). At nighttime the contribution from OH decreased to 43–53 %, and NO3 increased to 26–40 % with that of O3 largely unchanged. Of the measured ∑PANs, 48–78 % was modelled to be peroxyacetic nitric anhydride (PAN). Physical loss (e.g. deposition) was an important sink for both ANs and PANs and contributed significantly to the very short lifetimes of 1.5 ± 1 h for ANs and 0.08–1.5 h for PANs observed during the campaign.
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ACROSS_MPIC_RambForest_5ch-PNs-ANs_10min_L2 S. T. Andersen and J. N. Crowley https://doi.org/10.25326/706
ACROSS_MPIC_RambForest_5ch-NO2_1min_L2 S. T. Andersen and J. N. Crowley https://doi.org/10.25326/705
ACROSS_MPIC_RambForest_O3_10min_L1 J. N. Crowley https://doi.org/10.25326/707
ACROSS_CNRM_RambForest_MTO-1MIN_L2 C. Denjean https://doi.org/10.25326/437
ACROSS_MPIC_RambForest_ KNO3_10min_L2 P. Dewald and J. N. Crowley https://doi.org/10.25326/545
ACROSS_LPC2E_Rambforest_OH_L2 A. Kukui https://doi.org/10.25326/510
ACROSS_LPC2E_Rambforest_RO2_L2 A. Kukui https://doi.org/10.25326/509
ACROSS_2022_RambForest_LISA_PTRMS_VOCs_Belowcanopy_10min_20220617 - 20220723 V. Michoud et al. https://doi.org/10.25326/685
ACROSS_ICARE_RambForest_NO_L2 C. Xue et al. https://doi.org/10.25326/512