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Transformation and Deposition of Sulphur and Nitrogen Compounds in the Marine Boundary Layer

Abstract

In this thesis the author performs a model study of the transformation and deposition of sulphur and nitrogen compounds in the marine boundary layer, including source-receptor relationships. The central part of the study is the development and testing of a variable scale trajectory model for Europe, with special emphasis on modelling the concentrations of gases and aerosols in the marine atmosphere and the deposition to sea. A one-dimensional version of the model was developed to model the chemical degradation of dimethyl sulphide (DMS) in the marine boundary layer. Although the model reproduces the observed levels of DMS and methane sulphonic acid (MSA) well, the calculated DMS concentration is not always in phase with observed levels, probably because of a local coastal emission that is correlated with the shifting tide. Another version of the trajectory model, Atmospheric Chemistry and Deposition model (ACDEP), was developed to study the deposition of nitrogen compounds to the Danish sea waters. This model uses a new numerical scheme, the Eulerian Backward Iterative method. The model is able to reproduce observations of air concentrations and wet deposition fairly well; data for dry deposition were not available. The model was also used for calculation of deposition of nitrogen  More>>
Authors:
Publication Date:
Oct 01, 1995
Product Type:
Thesis/Dissertation
Report Number:
NEI-NO-656
Reference Number:
SCA: 540120; PA: NW-96:005254; EDB-96:152248; NTS-97:003163; SN: 96001673578
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: Reprints of 4 previously printed papers are attached; TH: Thesis (Dr.Scient.); PBD: Oct 1995
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; DEPOSITION; SURFACE WATERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; AIR POLLUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; AEROSOLS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION
OSTI ID:
377631
Research Organizations:
Bergen Univ. (Norway)
Country of Origin:
Norway
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE97703330; TRN: NO9605254
Availability:
OSTI as DE97703330
Submitting Site:
NW
Size:
216 p.
Announcement Date:
Oct 23, 1996

Citation Formats

Hertel, O. Transformation and Deposition of Sulphur and Nitrogen Compounds in the Marine Boundary Layer. Norway: N. p., 1995. Web.
Hertel, O. Transformation and Deposition of Sulphur and Nitrogen Compounds in the Marine Boundary Layer. Norway.
Hertel, O. 1995. "Transformation and Deposition of Sulphur and Nitrogen Compounds in the Marine Boundary Layer." Norway.
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title = {Transformation and Deposition of Sulphur and Nitrogen Compounds in the Marine Boundary Layer}
author = {Hertel, O}
abstractNote = {In this thesis the author performs a model study of the transformation and deposition of sulphur and nitrogen compounds in the marine boundary layer, including source-receptor relationships. The central part of the study is the development and testing of a variable scale trajectory model for Europe, with special emphasis on modelling the concentrations of gases and aerosols in the marine atmosphere and the deposition to sea. A one-dimensional version of the model was developed to model the chemical degradation of dimethyl sulphide (DMS) in the marine boundary layer. Although the model reproduces the observed levels of DMS and methane sulphonic acid (MSA) well, the calculated DMS concentration is not always in phase with observed levels, probably because of a local coastal emission that is correlated with the shifting tide. Another version of the trajectory model, Atmospheric Chemistry and Deposition model (ACDEP), was developed to study the deposition of nitrogen compounds to the Danish sea waters. This model uses a new numerical scheme, the Eulerian Backward Iterative method. The model is able to reproduce observations of air concentrations and wet deposition fairly well; data for dry deposition were not available. The model was also used for calculation of deposition of nitrogen compounds to the Kattegat. Finally, a sensitivity study was performed on the model. 175 refs., 87 figs., 32 tabs.}
place = {Norway}
year = {1995}
month = {Oct}
}