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Title: Linking Meteorology, Turbulence, and Air Chemistry in the Amazon Rain Forest

Abstract

We describe the salient features of a field study whose goals are to quantify the vertical distribution of plant-emitted hydrocarbons and their contribution to aerosol and cloud condensation nuclei production above a central Amazonian rain forest. Using observing systems deployed on a 50-m meteorological tower, complemented with tethered balloon deployments, the vertical distribution of hydrocarbons and aerosols was determined under different boundary layer thermodynamic states. The rain forest emits sufficient reactive hydrocarbons, such as isoprene and monoterpenes, to provide precursors of secondary organic aerosols and cloud condensation nuclei. Mesoscale convective systems transport ozone from the middle troposphere, enriching the atmospheric boundary layer as well as the forest canopy and surface layer. Through multiple chemical transformations, the ozone-enriched atmospheric surface layer can oxidize rain forest–emitted hydrocarbons. One conclusion derived from the field studies is that the rain forest produces the necessary chemical species and in sufficient amounts to undergo oxidation and generate aerosols that subsequently activate into cloud condensation nuclei.

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 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [1];  [8];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [9];  [10];  [11];  [12];  [13];  [4];  [7]
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  1. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
  2. Univ. do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus (Brazil)
  3. National Inst. for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos (Brazil)
  4. Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT (United States)
  5. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
  6. State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Albany, NY (United States). Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
  7. Inst. Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus (Brazil)
  8. Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
  9. Univ. Federal do Oeste do Pará (UFOPA), Santarém (Brazil)
  10. Univ. Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba (Brazil)
  11. Inst. de Aeronaútica e Espaço, São Paulo (Brazil). Dept. de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial
  12. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
  13. Federal Univ. of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria (Brazil)
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Research Org.:
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1536979
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0011075
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 97; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-0007
Publisher:
American Meteorological Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

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Fuentes, Jose D., Chamecki, Marcelo, Nascimento dos Santos, Rosa Maria, Von Randow, Celso, Stoy, Paul C., Katul, Gabriel, Fitzjarrald, David, Manzi, Antonio, Gerken, Tobias, Trowbridge, Amy, Souza Freire, Livia, Ruiz-Plancarte, Jesus, Furtunato Maia, Jair Max, Tóta, Julio, Dias, Nelson, Fisch, Gilberto, Schumacher, Courtney, Acevedo, Otavio, Rezende Mercer, Juliane, and Yañez-Serrano, Ana Maria. Linking Meteorology, Turbulence, and Air Chemistry in the Amazon Rain Forest. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1175/bams-d-15-00152.1.
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Fuentes, Jose D., Chamecki, Marcelo, Nascimento dos Santos, Rosa Maria, Von Randow, Celso, Stoy, Paul C., Katul, Gabriel, Fitzjarrald, David, Manzi, Antonio, Gerken, Tobias, Trowbridge, Amy, Souza Freire, Livia, Ruiz-Plancarte, Jesus, Furtunato Maia, Jair Max, Tóta, Julio, Dias, Nelson, Fisch, Gilberto, Schumacher, Courtney, Acevedo, Otavio, Rezende Mercer, Juliane, & Yañez-Serrano, Ana Maria. Linking Meteorology, Turbulence, and Air Chemistry in the Amazon Rain Forest. United States. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-15-00152.1
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Fuentes, Jose D., Chamecki, Marcelo, Nascimento dos Santos, Rosa Maria, Von Randow, Celso, Stoy, Paul C., Katul, Gabriel, Fitzjarrald, David, Manzi, Antonio, Gerken, Tobias, Trowbridge, Amy, Souza Freire, Livia, Ruiz-Plancarte, Jesus, Furtunato Maia, Jair Max, Tóta, Julio, Dias, Nelson, Fisch, Gilberto, Schumacher, Courtney, Acevedo, Otavio, Rezende Mercer, Juliane, and Yañez-Serrano, Ana Maria. Thu . "Linking Meteorology, Turbulence, and Air Chemistry in the Amazon Rain Forest". United States. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-15-00152.1. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1536979.
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@article{osti_1536979,
title = {Linking Meteorology, Turbulence, and Air Chemistry in the Amazon Rain Forest},
author = {Fuentes, Jose D. and Chamecki, Marcelo and Nascimento dos Santos, Rosa Maria and Von Randow, Celso and Stoy, Paul C. and Katul, Gabriel and Fitzjarrald, David and Manzi, Antonio and Gerken, Tobias and Trowbridge, Amy and Souza Freire, Livia and Ruiz-Plancarte, Jesus and Furtunato Maia, Jair Max and Tóta, Julio and Dias, Nelson and Fisch, Gilberto and Schumacher, Courtney and Acevedo, Otavio and Rezende Mercer, Juliane and Yañez-Serrano, Ana Maria},
abstractNote = {We describe the salient features of a field study whose goals are to quantify the vertical distribution of plant-emitted hydrocarbons and their contribution to aerosol and cloud condensation nuclei production above a central Amazonian rain forest. Using observing systems deployed on a 50-m meteorological tower, complemented with tethered balloon deployments, the vertical distribution of hydrocarbons and aerosols was determined under different boundary layer thermodynamic states. The rain forest emits sufficient reactive hydrocarbons, such as isoprene and monoterpenes, to provide precursors of secondary organic aerosols and cloud condensation nuclei. Mesoscale convective systems transport ozone from the middle troposphere, enriching the atmospheric boundary layer as well as the forest canopy and surface layer. Through multiple chemical transformations, the ozone-enriched atmospheric surface layer can oxidize rain forest–emitted hydrocarbons. One conclusion derived from the field studies is that the rain forest produces the necessary chemical species and in sufficient amounts to undergo oxidation and generate aerosols that subsequently activate into cloud condensation nuclei.},
doi = {10.1175/bams-d-15-00152.1},
journal = {Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society},
number = 12,
volume = 97,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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