C. Bruhl et al., Acetone and PAN in the upper troposphere: impact on ozone production from aircraft emissions, ATMOS ENVIR, 34(23), 2000, pp. 3931-3938
The role of acetone and PAN in the chemistry of the upper troposphere has b
een investigated with a time-dependent photochemical box model. The results
show that acetone strongly enhances aircraft-related ozone production, as
exemplified in this study over North Atlantic during summer. For typical fl
ight corridor conditions, the inclusion of about 1 nmol mol(-1) acetone mor
e than doubles net ozone production by aircraft NO emissions and resolves d
iscrepancies between observations and several global model predictions. The
actual magnitude of the acetone-attributed enhancement of ozone production
can, however, be reduced by PAN formation which acts as a sink for NOx (NO
+ NO2) and also lowers the OH/HO2 ratio. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. Al
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