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
Hewitt C
(2011)
Ground-level ozone influenced by circadian control of isoprene emissions
in Nature Geoscience
Pugh T
(2011)
Modelling chemistry in the nocturnal boundary layer above tropical rainforest and a generalised effective nocturnal ozone deposition velocity for sub-ppbv NOx conditions
in Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry
Pugh T
(2012)
A Lagrangian model of air-mass photochemistry and mixing using a trajectory ensemble: the Cambridge Tropospheric Trajectory model of Chemistry And Transport (CiTTyCAT) version 4.2
in Geoscientific Model Development
Gostlow B
(2010)
<i>µ</i>Dirac: an autonomous instrument for halocarbon measurements
in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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
Misztal P
(2011)
Direct ecosystem fluxes of volatile organic compounds from oil palms in South-East Asia
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
Hamilton J
(2013)
Linking biogenic hydrocarbons to biogenic aerosol in the Borneo rainforest
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
| Description | Tropical land use change can lead to changes in atmospheric composition. |
| Exploitation Route | By publication - ongoing |
| Sectors | Environment |