Analysis of elevated springtime levels of Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) at the high Alpine research sites Jungfraujoch and Zugspitze

Pandey Deolal, S.; Henne, S.; Ries, L.; Gilge, S.; Weers, U.; Steinbacher, M.; Staehelin, J.; Peter, T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12553-2014

Articles | Volume 14, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12553-2014

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12553-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 22

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28 Nov 2014

Research article |

| 28 Nov 2014

Analysis of elevated springtime levels of Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) at the high Alpine research sites Jungfraujoch and Zugspitze

S. Pandey Deolal, S. Henne, L. Ries, S. Gilge, U. Weers, M. Steinbacher, J. Staehelin, and T. Peter

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RC C3620: 'Reviewer Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Jun 2014
RC C4042: 'Review of Pandey Deolal et al., ACP-2014-272', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Jun 2014
RC C4082: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #3, 24 Jun 2014
AC C6899: 'Reply to Reveiwer 1', Johannes Staehelin, 11 Sep 2014
AC C6904: 'Reply Reviewer 2', Johannes Staehelin, 11 Sep 2014
AC C6915: 'Reply Reviewer 3', Johannes Staehelin, 11 Sep 2014

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Oct 2014) by Andrea Pozzer

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Mixing ratios of Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) at Jungfraujoch (Switzerland) and Zugspitze (Germany) show a seasonal variation with maxima in spring, typical for remote sites in the lower atmosphere in northern mid-latitudes. The detailed analysis of PAN measurements of May 2008 indicates that PAN at these high mountain sites is dominated by photochemical formation in the relatively cold polluted European planetary boundary layer rather than formation in the free troposphere.