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Unexpectedly high concentrations of molecular chlorine in coastal air

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  • C. W. Spicer

    (Battelle)

  • E. G. Chapman

    (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

  • B. J. Finlayson-Pitts

    (University of California)

  • R. A. Plastridge

    (Battelle)

  • J. M. Hubbe

    (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

  • J. D. Fast

    (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

  • C. M. Berkowitz

    (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Abstract

The fate of many atmospheric trace species, including pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and some volatile organic compounds, is controlled by oxidation reactions. In the daytime troposphere, these reactions are dominated by photochemically produced OH radicals; at night and in polluted environments, NO3 radicals are an important oxidant1. Ozone can contribute to the oxidation of atmospheric species during both day and night1. In recent years, laboratory investigations2,3,4, modelling studies5,6,7, measured Cl deficits in marine aerosols8 and species-nonspecific observations9,10,11 of gaseous inorganic chlorine compounds other than HCl have suggested that reactive halogen species may contribute significantly to—or even locally dominate—the oxidative capacity of the lower marine troposphere. Here we report night-time observations of molecular chlorine concentrations at a North American coastal site during onshore wind flow conditions that cannot be explained using known chlorine chemistry. The measured Cl2 mixing ratios range from

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  • C. W. Spicer & E. G. Chapman & B. J. Finlayson-Pitts & R. A. Plastridge & J. M. Hubbe & J. D. Fast & C. M. Berkowitz, 1998. "Unexpectedly high concentrations of molecular chlorine in coastal air," Nature, Nature, vol. 394(6691), pages 353-356, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:394:y:1998:i:6691:d:10.1038_28584
    DOI: 10.1038/28584
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    1. Xiang Peng & Tao Wang & Weihao Wang & A. R. Ravishankara & Christian George & Men Xia & Min Cai & Qinyi Li & Christian Mark Salvador & Chiho Lau & Xiaopu Lyu & Chun Nan Poon & Abdelwahid Mellouki & Yu, 2022. "Photodissociation of particulate nitrate as a source of daytime tropospheric Cl2," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.

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