TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kukui A, Legrand M.
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Measurements of OH and RO2 radicals at the coastal Antarctic site of Dumont d'Urville (East Antarctica) in summer 20102011
JO  - Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
SP  - D12310-
VL  - 117
IS  - D12
KW  - Antarctic photochemistry
KW  - Atmospheric oxidants
KW  - Hydroxyl radicals
KW  - 0322 Constituent sources and sinks
KW  - 0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry
KW  - 0368 Troposphere: constituent transport and chemistry
KW  -
N2  - Measurements of OH and total peroxy RO2 (HO2 plus organic peroxy) radicals were conducted in December 2010/January 2011 at the coastal East Antarctic site of Dumont d'Urville (DDU, 66°40S 140°01E) as part of the Oxidant Production over Antarctic Land and its Export (OPALE) project. Compared to measurements carried out at the West Antarctic coast, relatively high concentrations of radicals were found with 24 h average values of 2.1 × 106 and 3.3 × 108 molecule cm3 for OH and peroxy radicals, respectively. On the basis of the steady state calculations, the observed high concentration of peroxy radicals is in good agreement with the observed levels of O3 and HCHO representing via their photolysis the major primary radical sources. The observed OH levels at DDU could be explained only assuming some RO2 to OH conversion mechanism equivalent to the presence of NO in the range of 10 to 50 pptv. As neither NO nor halogen oxides were measured at DDU the mechanism of this recycling could not be explicitly identified. However, an examination of variability of radical levels as a function of the origin (oceanic versus continental) of sampled air masses suggests a more important OH production from RO2 recycling in continental air masses.
SN  - 2156-2202
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012JD017614
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ID  - KukuiA2012
ER  -