Ozone Production Efficiency in Savanna and Forested Areas during the EXPRESSO Experiment |
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| Authors: | T Marion P E Perros R Losno E Steiner |
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| Institution: | (1) LISA, University Paris 7 and 12, Créteil, France |
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| Abstract: | NO, NOx, NOy and O3 have been measuredduring the airborne EXPRESSO experiment, November 96,which took place near Bangui (Central Africa) at thebeginning of the dry season. This period correspondsto an intense burning activity. Chemical andphotochemical characteristics of the planetaryboundary layer, which corresponds most of the time tothe monsoon layer, and the Harmattan layer, which issituated above the latter, have been studied forsavanna as well as rain forest areas. These two layersare very different when considering the chemicalcomposition (especially for ozone and NOz) andthe photochemical age.The relationship of photochemical ozone productionversus photochemical NOx oxidation products hasbeen investigated. Results indicate an ozoneproduction efficiency (OPE) ranging from 6.3 to 14.8in the planetary boundary layer. Thus, this layer ischaracteristic of a photochemically young and activeair mass. In this layer, the ozone potentialproduction increases with the air mass photochemicalage. On the other hand, the Harmattan layer shows anOPE ranging from 4.6 to 7.4. These values arecharacteristic of photochemically well-aged airmasses. In this layer, the ozone potential productionseems to be exhausted with values around 4.0 (i.e., 4ozone molecules produced for each NOx moleculeemitted). |
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| Keywords: | ozone production efficiency EXPRESSO biomass burning savanna rain forest |
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