Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net 1680-7367 1680-7375 7 4 2007 10.5194/acpd-7-9385-2007 http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/7/9385/2007/ http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/7/9385/2007/acpd-7-9385-2007.html http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/7/9385/2007/acpd-7-9385-2007.pdf 9385 9417 2007-07-02 On the vertical distribution of boundary layer halogens over coastal Antarctica: implications for O₃, HO_x, NO_x and the Hg lifetime A. Saiz-Lopez J. M. C. Plane j.m.c.plane@leeds.ac.uk A. S. Mahajan P. S. Anderson S. J.-B. Bauguitte A. E. Jones H. K. Roscoe R. A. Salmon W. J. Bloss J. D. Lee D. E. Heard School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA British Antarctic Survey, National Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK now at: School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK now at: Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UK A one-dimensional chemical transport model has been developed to investigate the vertical gradients of bromine and iodine compounds in the Antarctic coastal boundary layer. The model has been applied to interpret recent year-round observations of iodine and bromine monoxides (IO and BrO) at Halley Station, Antarctica. The model requires an equivalent I atom flux of ~10⁹ molecule cm^−2 s^−1 from the snowpack in order to account for the measured IO levels, which are up to 20 ppt during spring. Using the current knowledge of gas-phase iodine chemistry, the model predicts significant gradients in the vertical distribution of iodine species. However, recent ground-based and satellite observations of IO imply that the radical is well-mixed in the boundary layer, indicating a longer than expected atmospheric lifetime for the radical. This can be modelled by including photolysis of the higher iodine oxides (I₂O₂, I₂O₃, I₂O₄ and I₂O₅), and rapid recycling of HOI and INO₃ through sea-salt aerosol. The model also predicts significant concentrations (up to 25 ppt) of I₂O₅ in the lowest 10 m of the boundary layer, which could lead to the formation of ultrafine iodine oxide aerosols. Heterogeneous chemistry involving sea-salt aerosol is also necessary to account for the vertical profile of BrO. Iodine chemistry causes a large increase (typically more than 3-fold) in the rate of O₃ depletion in the BL, compared with bromine chemistry alone. 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