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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Journal of atmospheric chemistry 25 (1996), S. 115-148 
    ISSN: 1573-0662
    Keywords: NMHC budget ; tropospheric distributions ; methane budget ; TROPOZ II experiment
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Geosciences
    Notes: Abstract One hundred atmospheric samples were collected aboard the French Caravelle research aircraft, during the TROPOZ II experiment (January 1991). Tropospheric meridional distributions versus height were then derived from 70° N to 60° S and between 0.25 km and 11 km for methane, acetylene, ethane and propane. Areas of significant emissions were identified over northern latitudes with, for acetylene, maximum mixing ratios in the north (1.896 ppbv) more than 70 times higher than in background southern latitudes (0.025 ppbv). The influence of emissions from biomass burning was also obvious in the tropical boundary layer. Significant dynamic phenomena led to high mixing ratio zones above 8 or 10 km even for the most reactive hydrocarbons. For the first time, simultaneous assessment of global tropospheric contents of several light hydrocarbons was carried out. Using TROPOZ II data (January 1991) and STRATOZ III data (June 1984) collected by Rudolph (1988) during similar aircraft flights in 1988, the following tropospheric loads (in Tg-compound) were estimated, in January 1991 and June 1984, respectively: 1.1 and 0.4 for acetylene, 5.0 and 3.9 for ethane, 3.6 and 1.4 for propane and 3545 for methane in January only. According to our results, 40 to 65% of acetylene and alkanes are oxidized in the tropics. In addition, by computing the annual tropospheric sink of acetylene and alkanes, an evaluation of their annual global fluxes was performed. The figures are, in Tg-compound y-1 with an uncertainty of 80% to an order of magnitude, based on January and June data, respectively: 10 and 6.6 for acetylene, 16.3 and 17.6 for ethane and 52.3 and 26.5 for propane.
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