Ambient air hydrocarbons in Florida. Comments

Ludlum, Kenneth H.; Bailey, Bruce S.

doi:10.1021/es60150a004

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“…Oxygenated hydrocarbons. Alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, esters, and other oxygen-containing species are expected to be present in the troposphere as a result of direct emissions from vegetation [e.g., Holzer et al, 1977;Ludlum and Bailey, 1979;Graedel, 1978] and also as products of hydrocarbon photooxidation reactions. Reaction of OH with oxygenates is expected to proceed via H atom abstraction from a C-H bond [Atkinson et al, 1979].…”

Section: Tionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Organic material in the global troposphere

Duce¹,

Mohnen²,

Zimmerman³

et al. 1983

Reviews of Geophysics

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Interest in the global tropospheric chemistry of organic materials has been growing rapidly over the past decade. In addition to a basic concern about the fundamental biogeochemical cycles of organic matter, this interest has arisen largely because of concern about the oxidant‐forming potential of natural hydrocarbons, the possible importance of nonmethane hydrocarbons as a source for atmospheric CO, and the role played by organic material in the formation of secondary aerosol particles. In this review we consider the information presently available on concentration distribution, sources, sinks, and atmospheric transformation reactions of organic matter in the global troposphere. The data base for tropospheric organic compounds is very small. However, it is apparent that while anthropogenic sources often dominate the atmospheric chemistry of organic material in urban and near‐urban air, a key to understanding the global cycling of tropospheric organic substances is a clear understanding of the interaction of the atmosphere with the terrestrial and marine biosphere.

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Section: Tionsmentioning

confidence: 99%