Carbonyls and nonmethane hydrocarbons at rural European sites from the mediterranean to the arctic |
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| Authors: | Sverre Solberg Christian Dye Norbert Schmidbauer Alex Herzog Robert Gehrig |
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| Institution: | (1) Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Instituttveien 18, N-2007 Kjeller, Norway;(2) Swiss Federal Lab. for Materials Testing and Research, Überlandstr. 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | Results of regular measurements during 1992–1995 of hydrocarbons and carbonyl compounds for a number of rural European monitoring sites are presented. The measurements are part of the EMEP programme for VOC measurements in Europe. In addition, several years of regular measurements are included from the Norwegian stations Birkenes at the south coast, and Zeppelin Mountain on Spitsbergen in the Arctic. The sampling frequency has been about twice per week throughout the years, implying that a substantial amount of measurement data are available. Almost all the chemical analyses have been performed by one laboratory, the EMEP Chemical Co-ordinating Centre located at NILU, which avoids problems of intercomparison and intercalibration among different laboratories. For the measured concentrations both seasonal and geographical variations are shown and discussed. The diurnal cycles of the hydrocarbon concentrations were studied in detail at one site, where the grab samples by EMEP where compared with a parallel continuous sampler, operated by EMPA, Switzerland. Hydrocarbons linked to natural gas and fuel evaporation become well mixed into the Arctic in the winter, whereas combustion products show a latitudinal gradient. The sum of oxygenated species constitutes about 5–15% of the sum of C2–C5 hydrocarbons in winter. In summer they are almost equal in magnitude, consistent with an increasing oxidation of hydrocarbons. |
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| Keywords: | hydrocarbons carbonyl compounds measurements European concentrations rural sites |
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