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Characteristics of the NO-NO<sub>2</sub>-O<sub>3</sub> system in different chemical regimes during the MIRAGE-Mex field campaign
Z.-H. Shon
S. Madronich
S.-K. Song
F. M. Flocke
D. J. Knapp
R. S. Anderson
R. E. Shetter
C. A. Cantrell
S. R. Hall
Department of Environmental Engineering, Dong-Eui University, 995 Eomgwangno, Busan 614-714, Republic of Korea
Atmospheric Chemistry Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307, USA
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA
The NO-NO<sub>2</sub> system was analyzed in different chemical
regimes/air masses based on observations of reactive nitrogen species and
peroxy radicals made during the intensive field campaign MIRAGE-Mex (4 to 29 March 2006).
In general, NO<sub>2</sub>/NO ratios, which can be used as an
indicator to test current understanding of tropospheric chemistry mechanism,
are near photostationary state. The air masses were categorized into 5
groups: boundary layer (labeled as "BL"), free troposphere (continental,
"FTCO" and marine, "FTMA"), biomass burning ("BB"), and Tula
industrial complex ("TIC"). The time- and air mass-dependent NO<sub>2</sub>/NO
ratios ranged from 2.35 (TIC) to 5.18 (BB), while the NO<sub>x</sub>/NO<sub>y</sub>
ratios varied from 0.17 (FTCO) to 0.54 (BL). The ozone production efficiency
for the 5 air mass categories ranged from 5.0 (TIC) to 10.2 (BL), indicating
photochemically young and reactive air masses.
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