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
MacKenzie AR
(2011)
The atmospheric chemistry of trace gases and particulate matter emitted by different land uses in Borneo.
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Fowler D
(2011)
Effects of land use on surface-atmosphere exchanges of trace gases and energy in Borneo: comparing fluxes over oil palm plantations and a rainforest
in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Robinson N
(2011)
Source attribution of Bornean air masses by back trajectory analysis during the OP3 project
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Pugh T
(2011)
The influence of small-scale variations in isoprene concentrations on atmospheric chemistry over a tropical rainforest
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Robinson N
(2011)
Evidence for a significant proportion of Secondary Organic Aerosol from isoprene above a maritime tropical forest
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Pike R
(2010)
NO x and O 3 above a tropical rainforest: an analysis with a global and box model
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
Pugh T
(2010)
Simulating atmospheric composition over a South-East Asian tropical rainforest: performance of a chemistry 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 |