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Sources of organic gases and aerosol particles and their roles in nighttime particle growth at a rural forested site in southwest Germany

Song, Junwei ORCID iD icon 1; Saathoff, Harald ORCID iD icon 1; Jiang, Feng ORCID iD icon 1; Gao, Linyu ORCID iD icon 1; Zhang, Hengheng ORCID iD icon 1; Leisner, Thomas ORCID iD icon 1
1 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung Atmosphärische Aerosolforschung (IMKAAF), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

The composition, sources and chemical transformation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
and organic aerosol (OA) particles were investigated during July–August 2021 at a rural forested site in southwest
Germany, 10 km north of the city of Karlsruhe. VOCs and semi-volatile OA particles were measured with
a proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometer coupled to the CHemical Analysis of aeRosols ONline particle
inlet (CHARON–PTR-MS). The CHARON-measured OA mass accounted for 62+-18% on average of the total
OA mass (4.2+-2.8 μgm-3) measured concurrently with an aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS). The total concentrations
of measured VOCs ranged from 7.6 to 88.9 ppb with an average of 31.2+-13.4 ppb. Positive matrix
factorization (PMF) was used to identify major source factors of VOCs and OA particles. Three types of oxygenated
VOC (OVOC), namely aromatic OVOCs, biogenic OVOCs and aged OVOCs, contributed on average
11%+-9 %, 37%+-29% and 29%+-21% of total VOC concentrations, respectively. The results of AMS–PMF
indicated substantial contributions of oxygenated organic compounds to OA particle mass. Three secondary OA
(SOA) factors determined by CHARON–PMF analysis, namely aromatic SOA (5%7 %), daytime biogenic
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung Atmosphärische Aerosolforschung (IMKAAF)
Publikationstyp Forschungsdaten
Publikationsdatum 06.06.2024
Erstellungsdatum 17.07.2021 - 04.10.2023
Identifikator DOI: 10.35097/zjacMoCUyEYFyvBR
KITopen-ID: 1000171280
HGF-Programm 12.11.12 (POF IV, LK 01) Atmospheric chemistry processes
Lizenz Creative Commons Namensnennung – Nicht kommerziell – Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International
Externe Relationen Abstract/Volltext
Schlagwörter Secondary organic aerosol and VOC in a forest
Liesmich

The data in the two Excel files is related to the publication "Sources of organic gases and aerosol particles and their roles in nighttime particle growth at a rural forested site in southwest Germany" by Song et al., ACP, 2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2255.

The first Excel file (21Summer KITcn data-1) contains the time series of meteorological data, particle species measured by the AMS, eBC measured by the Aethalometer AE33, semi-volatile OA particle and selected VOC species measured by the CHARON-PTR-MS, and trace gases (NO, NO2, SO2, O3 and NH3).

The second Excel file (21Summer KITcn data-2) contains the time series of source factors resolved from the PMF analysis of AMS-measured OA particles, CHARON-measured OA particles and PTR-measured VOCs, respectively.

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