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Amplified Trace Gas Removal in the Troposphere
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Going Faster: The concentrations of most tropospheric pollutants and trace gases are kept in check by their reactions with hydroxyl radicals (OH). OH is a short-lived, highly reactive species that is produced in the atmosphere by photochemical processes, and regenerated in the chain of chemical reactions that follows the oxidative destruction of those molecules. These regeneration mechanisms were thought to be fairly well understood, but now Hofzumahaus et al. (p. 1702 , published online 4 June) present evidence of a pathway not previously recognized. In a study of atmospheric composition in the Pearl River Delta, a highly polluted region of China, greatly elevated OH concentrations were observed without the correspondingly high levels of ozone expected from current models. Thus, OH concentrations may be augmented by a process that speeds the regeneration of OH without producing ozone.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hofzumahaus, A., Rohrer, F., Lu, K., Bohn, B., Brauers, T., Chang, C.-C., Fuchs, H., Holland, F., Kita, K., Kondo, Y., Li, X., Lou, S., Shao, M., Zeng, L., Wahner, A., & Zhang, Y.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2009-06-26
- Volume
- 324
- Issue
- 5935
- Pages
- 1702-1704
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2160885731
- Cited by
- 667
- References
- 18
- FWCI
- 27.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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