Journal article
Flux estimates and OH reaction potential of reactive biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) from a mixed northern hardwood forest
Atmospheric environment (1994), Vol.41(26), pp.5479-5495
2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116822
Abstract
Diurnal branch-level emission rates of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) including isoprene, monoterpenes (MT), and sesquiterpenes (SQT) were determined at the University of Michigan Biological Station for the tree species red maple (
Acer rubrum), red oak (
Quercus rubra), paper birch (
Betula papyrifera), white pine (
Pinus strobus), and big tooth aspen (
Populus grandidentata). These emission rates were combined with detailed biomass distribution and meteorological data and incorporated into the canopy model, model of emissions of gasses and aerosols from nature (MEGAN), for estimating whole-canopy fluxes of isoprene. The modeled half-hour fluxes
(
mg
C
m
-
2
h
-
1
)
and cumulative seasonal fluxes
(
mg
C
m
-
2
)
compared favorably with results from direct, canopy-level eddy covariance (EC) isoprene measurements; modeled cumulative seasonal flux deviated less than 30% from the EC results. Significant MT emissions were found from four of the five tree species. MT emissions from three of these were both light- and temperature-dependent and were approximately one order of magnitude greater than light-independent MT emissions. SQT emissions were identified from three of the five tree species. The model was modified to incorporate SQT and both light-dependent and light-independent MT emissions for determining fluxes. Isoprene comprised
>
95
%
of the total terpenoid flux with MT and SQT comprising 4% and 0.3%, respectively. The average cumulative fluxes (in
mg
C
m
-
2
) from June through September were 2490 for isoprene, 105 for MT, and 7 for SQT. A simple box model analysis was used to estimate the contribution of the isoprene, MT, and SQT emissions to the total OH reactivity. These results confirm that isoprene dominates OH reactions especially during daytime hours. Emissions of reactive MT and SQT increase the BVOC+OH reactivity, but are still lower than estimates of BVOC fluxes at this site necessary for affecting OH reactivity to the significant degree suggested by recent reports.
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- Title
- Flux estimates and OH reaction potential of reactive biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) from a mixed northern hardwood forest
- Creators
- John Ortega - Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, 1560, 30th St., Boulder, CO 80303, USADetlev Helmig - Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, 1560, 30th St., Boulder, CO 80303, USAAlex Guenther - Atmospheric Chemistry Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, USAPeter Harley - Atmospheric Chemistry Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, USAShelley Pressley - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2910, USAChristoph Vogel - University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston, MI 49769, USA
- Publication Details
- Atmospheric environment (1994), Vol.41(26), pp.5479-5495
- Academic Unit
- Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 99900548394601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article