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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 50, Issue 22, Pages 12394-12400Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03909
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- National Science Foundation [ARC-1107695, PLR-1417668]
- National Science Foundation
- Directorate For Geosciences [1417668] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Office of Polar Programs (OPP) [1417668] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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During springtime, unique halogen chemistry involving chlorine and bromine atoms controls the prevalence of volatile organic compounds, ozone, and mercury in the Arctic lower troposphere. In situ measurements of the chlorine monoxide radical, ClO, and its precursor, Cl-2, along with BrO and Br-2, were conducted using chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS) during the Bromine, Ozone, and Mercury Experiment (BROMEX) near Barrow, Alaska, in March 2012. To our knowledge, these data represent the first ClO measurements made using CIMS. A maximum daytime ClO concentration of 28 ppt was observed following an early morning peak of 75 ppt of Cl-2. A zero-dimensional photochemistry model was constrained to Cl-2 observations and used to simulate ClO during a 7-day period of the field campaign. The model simulates ClO within the measurement uncertainty, and the model results highlight the importance of chlorine chemistry participation in bromine radical cycling, as well as the dependence of halogen chemistry on NOx levels. The ClO measurements and simulations are consistent with Cl-2 being the dominant Cl atom source in the Arctic boundary layer. Simulated Cl atom concentrations, up to similar to 1 X 10(6) molecules cm-3, highlight the importance of chlorine chemistry in the degradation of volatile organic compounds, including the greenhouse gas methane.
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