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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3697-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3697-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
27 Mar 2020
Research article |
| 27 Mar 2020
| 27 Mar 2020
Pyruvic acid in the boreal forest: gas-phase mixing ratios and impact on radical chemistry
Philipp G. Eger
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
55128 Mainz, Germany
Jan Schuladen
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
55128 Mainz, Germany
Nicolas Sobanski
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
55128 Mainz, Germany
Horst Fischer
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
55128 Mainz, Germany
Einar Karu
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
55128 Mainz, Germany
Jonathan Williams
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
55128 Mainz, Germany
Matthieu Riva
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
University of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS,
IRCELYON, 69626, Villeurbanne, France
Qiaozhi Zha
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
Mikael Ehn
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
Lauriane L. J. Quéléver
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
Simon Schallhart
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
Jos Lelieveld
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
55128 Mainz, Germany
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
55128 Mainz, Germany
Data sets
Pyruvic acid Dataset. IBAIRN campaign John N. Crowley and Philipp Eger https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3600486
Short summary
Pyruvic acid, CH3C(O)C(O)OH, is an organic acid of biogenic origin that plays a crucial role in plant metabolism, is present in tropospheric air in both gas-phase and aerosol-phase, and is implicated in the formation of secondary organic aerosols. From the first gas-phase measurements of pyruvic acid in the Finnish boreal forest in September 2016 we derive its source strength and discuss potential sources and sinks, with a focus on the relevance of gas-phase pyruvic acid for radical chemistry.
Pyruvic acid, CH3C(O)C(O)OH, is an organic acid of biogenic origin that plays a crucial role in...
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