Gas- and aqueous-phase formic and acetic acids at a tropical cloud forest site |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, FCHPT, Slovak University of Technology, SK-812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia;2. Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, CZ-53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic;3. Department of Chemistry, FPV, University of SS Cyril and Methodius, SK-917 01 Trnava, Slovakia |
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| Abstract: | Atmospheric gas-phase and aqueous-phase (dew and fog) formic and acetic acids were measured over a cloud forest in Venezuela. The gaseous acids showed diurnal cycles, with higher mixing ratios during daytime. Higher concentrations were observed during the dry season (HCOOH 1.7 +/?0.5 ppb; CH3COOH 1.4+/?0.6 ppb) in comparison with the rainy season (HCOOH 0.79+/?0.24 ppb; CH3COOH 0.54+/?0.20 ppb). Liquid-phase concentrations in dew and fog are of the same order and range from 8.1 to 69.5 μM for HCOOH and 4.3 to 15.3 μM for CH3COOH. The field-observed Henry's Law coefficients, calculated from the simultaneous measurements of gas- and liquid-phase acids, do not show a significant trend with the pH of the solution, in contrast to theoretical considerations. Dry deposition velocities to the nighttime dew are 1.1+/?0.6 and 0.68+/?0.42 cm s?1 for formic and acetic acids, respectively. A loss of 0.054 ppb HCOOH and 0.022 ppb CH3COOH from the atmospheric boundary layer to the dew is produced nightly. |
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