Brown carbon aerosol consists of light-absorbing organic particulate matter with wavelength-dependent absorption. Aerosol optical extinction, absorption, size distributions, and chemical composition were measured in rural Alabama during summer 2013. The field site was well located to examine sources of brown carbon aerosol, with influence by high biogenic organic aerosol concentrations, pollution from two nearby cities, and biomass burning aerosol. We report the optical closure between measured dry aerosol extinction at 365 nm and calculated extinction from composition and size distribution, showing agreement within experiment uncertainties. We find that aerosol optical extinction is dominated by scattering, with single-scattering albedo values of 0.94 ± 0.02. Black carbon aerosol accounts for 91 ± 9% of the total carbonaceous aerosol absorption at 365 nm, while organic aerosol accounts for 9 ± 9%. The majority of brown carbon aerosol mass is associated with biomass burning, with smaller contributions from biogenically derived secondary organic aerosol.
<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Gas- and aerosol-phase measurements of oxidants, biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) and organic nitrates made during the Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study (SOAS campaign, Summer 2013) in central Alabama show that a nitrate radical (NO<sub>3</sub>) reaction with monoterpenes leads to significant secondary aerosol formation. Cumulative losses of NO<sub>3</sub> to terpenes are correlated with increase in gas- and aerosol-organic nitrate concentrations made during the campaign. Correlation of NO<sub>3</sub> radical consumption to organic nitrate aerosol formation as measured by aerosol mass spectrometry and thermal dissociation laser-induced fluorescence suggests a molar yield of aerosol-phase monoterpene nitrates of 23–44 %. Compounds observed via chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS) are correlated to predicted nitrate loss to BVOCs and show C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>17</sub>NO<sub>5</sub>, likely a hydroperoxy nitrate, is a major nitrate-oxidized terpene product being incorporated into aerosols. The comparable isoprene product C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>9</sub>NO<sub>5</sub> was observed to contribute less than 1 % of the total organic nitrate in the aerosol phase and correlations show that it is principally a gas-phase product from nitrate oxidation of isoprene. Organic nitrates comprise between 30 and 45 % of the NO<sub><I>y</I></sub> budget during SOAS. Inorganic nitrates were also monitored and showed that during incidents of increased coarse-mode mineral dust, HNO<sub>3</sub> uptake produced nitrate aerosol mass loading at a rate comparable to that of organic nitrate produced via NO<sub>3</sub> + BVOCs.</p>
Abstract. The lifetime of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) affects the concentration and distribution of NO x and the spatial patterns of nitrogen deposition. Despite its importance, the lifetime of NO x is poorly constrained in rural and remote continental regions. We use measurements from a site in central Alabama during the Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study (SOAS) in summer 2013 to provide new insights into the chemistry of NO x and NO x reservoirs. We find that the lifetime of NO x during the daytime is controlled primarily by the production and loss of alkyl and multifunctional nitrates ( ANs). During SOAS, AN production was rapid, averaging 90 ppt h −1 during the day, and occurred predominantly during isoprene oxidation. Analysis of the AN and HNO 3 budgets indicate that ANs have an average lifetime of under 2 h, and that approximately 45 % of the ANs produced at this site are rapidly hydrolyzed to produce nitric acid. We find that AN hydrolysis is the largest source of HNO 3 and the primary pathway to permanent removal of NO x from the boundary layer in this location. Using these new constraints on the fate of ANs, we find that the NO x lifetime is 11±5 h under typical midday conditions. The lifetime is extended by storage of NO x in temporary reservoirs, including acyl peroxy nitrates and ANs.
Abstract. Inorganic aerosol composition was measured in the southeastern United States, a region that exhibits high aerosol mass loading during the summer, as part of the 2013 Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study (SOAS) campaign. Measurements using a Monitor for AeRosols and GAses (MARGA) revealed two periods of high aerosol nitrate (NO3−) concentrations during the campaign. These periods of high nitrate were correlated with increased concentrations of supermicron crustal and sea spray aerosol species, particularly Na+ and Ca2+, and with a shift towards aerosol with larger (1 to 2.5 μm) diameters. We suggest this nitrate aerosol forms by multiphase reactions of HNO3 and particles, reactions that are facilitated by transport of crustal dust and sea spray aerosol from a source within the United States. The observed high aerosol acidity prevents the formation of NH4NO3, the inorganic nitrogen species often dominant in fine-mode aerosol at higher pH. Calculation of the rate of the heterogeneous uptake of HNO3 on mineral aerosol supports the conclusion that aerosol NO3− is produced primarily by this process, and is likely limited by the availability of mineral cation-containing aerosol surface area. Modeling of NO3− and HNO3 by thermodynamic equilibrium models (ISORROPIA II and E-AIM) reveals the importance of including mineral cations in the southeastern United States to accurately balance ion species and predict gas–aerosol phase partitioning.
We report airborne measurements of acetaldehyde (CH3CHO) during the first and second deployments of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom). The budget of CH3CHO is examined using the Community Atmospheric Model with chemistry (CAM‐chem), with a newly developed online air‐sea exchange module. The upper limit of the global ocean net emission of CH3CHO is estimated to be 34 Tg/a (42 Tg/a if considering bubble‐mediated transfer), and the ocean impacts on tropospheric CH3CHO are mostly confined to the marine boundary layer. Our analysis suggests that there is an unaccounted CH3CHO source in the remote troposphere and that organic aerosols can only provide a fraction of this missing source. We propose that peroxyacetic acid is an ideal indicator of the rapid CH3CHO production in the remote troposphere. The higher‐than‐expected CH3CHO measurements represent a missing sink of hydroxyl radicals (and halogen radical) in current chemistry‐climate models.
SummaryWe have studied, over a wide range of dilutions using techniques of clot weight, thrombelastography and scanning electron microscopy, the physical properties of a blood clot formed in vitro when fresh blood was diluted with gelatinbased colloid solutions compared with crystalloid controls. The colloid solutions tested (3.5% polygeline (Haemaccel) and 4% succinylated gelatin (Gelofusine)) produced clots that had reduced median weight (P:0.001 and P:0.018, respectively) and reduced mean shear modulus (P:0.001) compared with crystalloid controls. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the fibrin formed a less extensive mesh in the presence of the gelatin-based colloids compared with crystalloid. Reduction in clot quality with gelatin-based colloids has not been noted previously and further work is needed to ascertain if this occurs in vivo as these solutions are used frequently in patients who require full haemostatic competence. (Br. J. Anaesth. 1998; 80: 204-207) Keywords: blood, coagulation; blood, colloids; fluids, i.v.; blood, haemostasis; blood, replacement; measurement techniques, thrombelastography Plasma substitutes containing degraded and modified gelatin are being used increasingly in prehospital, resuscitation, perioperative and intensive care situations. Often they are the fluid of choice in patients with uncontrolled haemorrhage both before blood transfusion and in conjunction with transfusion of packed cells. Unlike the dextran and starch solutions, so far they have been considered as having no significant effect on clotting mechanisms following studies based principally on clotting times. [1][2][3][4] While measuring whole blood coagulation times after in vitro dilution with colloids we noted a striking difference in clot quality compared with that seen with dilution using crystalloid. Our preliminary findings have been reported previously.5 In this article we describe more detailed investigations using clot weights, haematological analysis, thrombelastography and scanning electron microscopy, and include a description of the dose-response effect of varying degrees of dilution using regression analysis. Materials and methodsWherever fresh whole blood was used, care was taken to avoid prolonged venous stasis, venepuncture from the same site or delays in pipetting, and experiments were conducted under strict temperature control.CLOT WEIGHTS A total of 35 fresh whole blood samples were diluted to 15%, 30%, 45%, 60% and 75% with 0.9% sodium chloride and Ringer's solution (controls) or the test substances, 4% succinylated gelatin (Gelofusine, B. Braun (Medical) Ltd) and 3.5% polygeline solution (Haemaccel, Hoescht UK Ltd). After dividing each sample into test and control, the total volume of each sample after dilution was 5 ml. Clot weights were measured using the method described by Macfarlane.6 Because the clots would not adhere to a glass rod the test was modified by separating the clot from plasma on gauze in a funnel. Clots were weighed on an electronic balance and then examined physica...
While ozone increases rapidly in wildfire plumes, downwind its production rate slows dramatically as nitrogen oxide levels decline.
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