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Dommen et al. 1999
Dommen, J., Prévôt, A.S.H., Hering, A.M., Staffelbach, T., Kok, G.L. and Schillawski, R.D. (1999). Photochemical production and aging of an urban air mass. Journal of Geophysical Research 104: doi: 10.1029/1998JD100053. issn: 0148-0227.

Aircraft measurements of O3, NO, NO2, NOy HCHO, and H2O2 over the Swiss Plateau during 4 days in July 1993 were analyzed. Special emphasis was put on the urban plume of Zurich. An effective photochemical age for an urban plume was introduced, which accounts for a background NOz concentration. Only the effective photochemical age of the urban air mass increased with the time of transport between Zurich and the flight leg, where the aircraft crossed the plume. Ozone and NOz were strongly correlated. Ozone production rates ranged from 2.4 to 6.5 ozone molecules produced per NOx processed. The production of ozone per NOx molecule was lowest when the effective photochemical age was lowest and vice versa. Good correlations between HCHO and NOy have been found in the urban plume of Zurich as well as over the Swiss Plateau. Between H2O2 and NOz, a negative correlation was observed. On the basis of Sillman's <1995> indicator species, the ozone production in the Zurich plume and other air masses over the Swiss Plateau is in the NOx-sensitive range. However, there remains some uncertainty in this approach regarding the influence of biogenic emissions and the initial concentration of indicator species. Taking the low emissions of biogenic hydrocarbons compared to Sillman's model calculation into consideration, the central portion of the Zurich plume falls in the transition or even reactive organic gases (ROG)-limited range of all indicators. Estimates of production rates of HNO3 and peroxides support a ROG-sensitive ozone production in the most polluted portion of the plume. ¿ 1999 American Geophysical Union

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Constituent sources and sinks, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Pollution—urban and regional, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Troposphere—composition and chemistry, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Troposphere—constituent transport and chemistry, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Numerical modeling and data assimilation
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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