Issue 8, 2009

Tropospheric trace gases at Bremen measured with FTIR spectrometry

Abstract

The total column densities of acetylene (C2H2), carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen cyanide (HCN) and ethane (C2H6) measured in Bremen (Germany, 53.107°N, 8.854°E) were compared with data from Mace Head/Ireland (MHD) and GEOS-Chem model simulations. The data were obtained between August 2002 and October 2006 with the ground based high resolution Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) Spectrometry, using the sun as the light source. The analysis showed good agreements between all the three data sets for the seasonal cycle of CO. Enhancements in summer 2003 and summer 2004 due to influence of biomass burning were identified in all three data sets. The high correlations between C2H6 and C2H2, C2H2 and CO, and for C2H6 and CO support the similarities in their sources and sinks. The results suggest that the background air in Bremen is mainly influenced by long-ranged transport of biomass burning products. Local pollution plays a minor role for the measurements performed in Bremen.

Graphical abstract: Tropospheric trace gases at Bremen measured with FTIR spectrometry

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Feb 2009
Accepted
27 May 2009
First published
17 Jun 2009

J. Environ. Monit., 2009,11, 1529-1534

Tropospheric trace gases at Bremen measured with FTIR spectrometry

O. R. Salau, T. Warneke, J. Notholt, C. Shim, Q. Li and Y. Xiao, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 1529 DOI: 10.1039/B903198G

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