Climatology and Atmospheric Chemistry of Non-Methane Hydrocarbon Emissions over...

• Author(s): Muñoz, Mauricio ; Helmig, Detlev ; Hueber, Jacques ; Mazzoleni, Claudio ; Mazzoleni, Lynn R. ; Owen, Robert ; Val Martin, Maria ; Fialho, Paulo ; Plass-Duelmer, Christian
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2220
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Atmospheric Chemistry; Climatology; Pico Island (Azores); Azores
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

European Geosciences Union (EGU), General Assembly. Viena, Austria, 07 - 12 April 2013. Non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC) covering the C2 to C7 volatility range have been monitored at the Pico Mountain Observatory, Pico Island, Azores, Portugal, since 2004. The Observatory is located at 2225 m a.s.l. in the caldera of the Pico Mountain volcano, and during most times receives lower free tropospheric air that has been transported across the North Atlantic. The 7-year NMHC record has been analyzed for seasonal behavior of photochemical processing, atmospheric transport time, and source region using ratios of NMHC species as indicators of photochemical aging and HYSPLIT model outputs. Transport conditions resulting in elevated and low NMHC conditions were specifically studied to investigate seasonal pollution transport in the North Atlantic region.