Oxidant and particle photochemical processes above a South-East Asian tropical rain forest (OP3-Danum-08)
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Environmental Science
Abstract
In this project we will integrate ground-based and airborne field measurements of surface fluxes and atmospheric composition of reactive trace gases and particles with modelling studies of chemical processes in a protected forest area of Sabah, East Malaysia, to better understand how a south-east Asian rain forest contributes to the formation of ozone and particles in the lower atmosphere. We will do this using a Consortium of eight of the leading members of the UK's Distributed Institute for Atmospheric Composition, utilising the UK's Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurement's BAe 146 research aircraft, the resources of the UK's University Facility for Atmospheric Measurements, the Malaysian Meteorological Service's Global Atmospheric Watch station at Bukit Atur, Sabah, Malaysia, and the Royal Society of London-supported Danum Valley Field Centre. We will bring significant added-value to NERC resources by the active participation of international collaborators.
Organisations
Publications
Gostlow B
(2009)
µDirac: an autonomous instrument for halocarbon measurements
Hewitt CN
(2009)
Nitrogen management is essential to prevent tropical oil palm plantations from causing ground-level ozone pollution.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Whitehead J
(2010)
Aerosol fluxes and dynamics within and above a tropical rainforest in South-East Asia
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Pearson G
(2010)
Remote sensing of the tropical rain forest boundary layer using pulsed Doppler lidar
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Langford B
(2010)
Fluxes and concentrations of volatile organic compounds from a South-East Asian tropical rainforest
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Pugh T
(2010)
Simulating atmospheric composition over a South-East Asian tropical rainforest: performance of a chemistry box model
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Gostlow B
(2010)
<i>µ</i>Dirac: an autonomous instrument for halocarbon measurements
in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Pike R
(2010)
NO<sub>x</sub> and O<sub>3</sub> above a tropical rainforest: an analysis with a global and box model
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Description | Tropical land use change can lead to changes in atmospheric composition. |
Exploitation Route | By publication - ongoing |
Sectors | Environment |