High Gas-Phase Methanesulfonic Acid Production in the OH-Initiated Oxidation of Dimethyl Sulfide at Low Temperatures
Shen, Jiali; Scholz, Wiebke; He, Xu-Cheng; Zhou, Putian; Marie, Guillaume; Wang, Mingyi; Marten, Ruby; Surdu, Mihnea; Rörup, Birte; Baalbaki, Rima; Amorim, Antonio; Ataei, Farnoush; Bell, David M.; Bertozzi, Barbara 1; Brasseur, Zoé; Caudillo, Lucía; Chen, Dexian; Chu, Biwu; Dada, Lubna; ... mehrDuplissy, Jonathan; Finkenzeller, Henning; Granzin, Manuel; Guida, Roberto; Heinritzi, Martin; Hofbauer, Victoria; Iyer, Siddharth; Kemppainen, Deniz; Kong, Weimeng; Krechmer, J. E.; Krechmer, Jordan E.; Kürten, Andreas; Lamkaddam, Houssni; Lee, Chuan Ping; Lopez, Brandon; Mahfouz, Naser G. A.; Manninen, Hanna E.; Massabò, Dario; Mauldin, Roy L.; Mentler, Bernhard; Müller, Tatjana; Pfeifer, Joschka; Philippov, Maxim; Piedehierro, Ana A.; Roldin, Pontus; Schobesberger, Siegfried; Simon, Mario; Stolzenburg, Dominik; Tham, Yee Jun; Tomé, António; Umo, Nsikanabasi Silas 2; Wang, Dongyu; Wang, Yonghong; Weber, Stefan K.; Welti, André; Wollesen de Jonge, Robin; Wu, Yusheng; Zauner-Wieczorek, Marcel; Zust, Felix; Baltensperger, Urs; Curtius, Joachim; Flagan, Richard C.; Hansel, Armin; Möhler, Ottmar 1; Petäjä, Tuukka; Volkamer, Rainer; Kulmala, Markku; Lehtipalo, Katrianne; Rissanen, Matti; Kirkby, Jasper; El-Haddad, Imad; Bianchi, Federico ; Sipilä, Mikko; Donahue, Neil M.; Worsnop, Douglas R.
1 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung Atmosphärische Aerosolforschung (IMKAAF), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
2 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Abstract:
Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) influences climate via cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) formation resulting from its oxidation products (mainly methanesulfonic acid, MSA, and sulfuric acid, H$_{2}$SO$_{4}$). Despite their importance, accurate prediction of MSA and H$_{2}$SO$_{4}$ from DMS oxidation remains challenging. With comprehensive experiments carried out in the Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets (CLOUD) chamber at CERN, we show that decreasing the temperature from +25 to −10 °C enhances the gas-phase MSA production by an order of magnitude from OH-initiated DMS oxidation, while H$_{2}$SO$_{4}$ production is modestly affected. This leads to a gas-phase H$_{2}$SO$_{4}$-to-MSA ratio (H$_{2}$SO$_{4}$/MSA) smaller than one at low temperatures, consistent with field observations in polar regions. With an updated DMS oxidation mechanism, we find that methanesulfinic acid, CH$_{3}$S(O)OH, MSIA, forms large amounts of MSA. Overall, our results reveal that MSA yields are a factor of 2–10 higher than those predicted by the widely used Master Chemical Mechanism (MCMv3.3.1), and the NO$_{x}$ effect is less significant than that of temperature. Our updated mechanism explains the high MSA production rates observed in field observations, especially at low temperatures, thus, substantiating the greater importance of MSA in the natural sulfur cycle and natural CCN formation. ... mehrOur mechanism will improve the interpretation of present-day and historical gas-phase H$_{2}$SO$_{4}$/MSA measurements.
Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT |
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK) Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung Atmosphärische Aerosolforschung (IMKAAF) |
Publikationstyp |
Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
Publikationsdatum |
04.10.2022 |
Sprache |
Englisch |
Identifikator |
ISSN: 0013-936X, 1520-5851
KITopen-ID: 1000151828 |
HGF-Programm |
12.11.12 (POF IV, LK 01) Atmospheric chemistry processes |
Erschienen in |
Environmental Science and Technology |
Verlag |
American Chemical Society (ACS) |
Band |
56 |
Heft |
19 |
Seiten |
13931–13944 |
Vorab online veröffentlicht am |
22.09.2022 |
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