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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-4013-2020
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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02 Apr 2020
Research article |
| 02 Apr 2020
| 02 Apr 2020
Missing OH reactivity in the global marine boundary layer
Alexander B. Thames
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, PA, USA
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, PA, USA
David O. Miller
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, PA, USA
Hannah M. Allen
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Eric C. Apel
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Donald R. Blake
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
T. Paul Bui
Earth Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA,
USA
Roisin Commane
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont–Doherty Earth
Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA
John D. Crounse
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Bruce C. Daube
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Glenn S. Diskin
Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton,
VA, USA
Joshua P. DiGangi
Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton,
VA, USA
James W. Elkins
Global Monitoring Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Samuel R. Hall
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Thomas F. Hanisco
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Reem A. Hannun
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland,
Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD, USA
Eric Hintsa
Global Monitoring Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Rebecca S. Hornbrook
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Michelle J. Kim
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Kathryn McKain
Global Monitoring Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Fred L. Moore
Global Monitoring Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Julie M. Nicely
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of
Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Jeffrey Peischl
Global Monitoring Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Thomas B. Ryerson
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Jason M. St. Clair
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland,
Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD, USA
Colm Sweeney
Global Monitoring Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Alex Teng
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Chelsea R. Thompson
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Boulder, CO, USA
Kirk Ullmann
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Paul O. Wennberg
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Glenn M. Wolfe
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland,
Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD, USA
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- Final revised paper (published on 02 Apr 2020)
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RC1: 'Review of OH reactivity measurements from the ATom aircraft projects', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Nov 2019
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RC2: 'Review of Thames et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Nov 2019
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AC1: 'Response to referees' comments', William Brune, 30 Jan 2020
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Short summary
Oceans and the atmosphere exchange volatile gases that react with the hydroxyl radical (OH). During a NASA airborne study, measurements of the total frequency of OH reactions, called the OH reactivity, were made in the marine boundary layer of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The measured OH reactivity often exceeded the OH reactivity calculated from measured chemical species. This missing OH reactivity appears to be from unmeasured volatile organic compounds coming out of the ocean.
Oceans and the atmosphere exchange volatile gases that react with the hydroxyl radical (OH)....
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