Publication Date:
2013-08-31
Description:
A parameterized reaction mechanism has been created to examine the interactions between isoprene and other tropospheric gas-phase chemicals. Tests of the parameterization have shown that its results match those of a more complex reaction set to a high degree of accuracy. Comparisons between test runs have shown that the presence of isoprene at the start of a six day interval can enhance later ozone concentrations by as much as twenty-nine percent. The test cases used no input fluxes beyond the initial time, implying that a single input of a biogenic hydrocarbon to an airmass can alter its ozone chemistry over a time scale on the order of a week.
Keywords:
ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION
Type:
NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, Ozone in the Troposphere and Stratosphere, Part 1; p 57-61
Format:
application/pdf
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