Tropospheric OH and HO 2 radicals: field measurements and model comparisons

D Stone, LK Whalley, DE Heard - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The hydroxyl radical, OH, initiates the removal of the majority of trace gases in the
atmosphere, and together with the closely coupled species, the hydroperoxy radical, HO2, is …

Measurement of OH and HO2 in the Troposphere

DE Heard, MJ Pilling - Chemical reviews, 2003 - ACS Publications
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), emitted into the atmosphere, react with a range of
oxidants, of which the most important are OH, NO3, and ozone. Under most atmospheric …

Three‐dimensional climatological distribution of tropospheric OH: Update and evaluation

CM Spivakovsky, JA Logan, SA Montzka… - Journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
A global climatological distribution of tropospheric OH is computed using observed
distributions of O3, H2O, NOt (NO2+ NO+ 2N2O5+ NO3+ HNO2+ HNO4), CO, hydrocarbons …

Atmospheric chemistry of small organic peroxy radicals

GS Tyndall, RA Cox, C Granier… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Global atmospheric models play a key role in international assessments of the human
impact on global climate and air pollution. To increase the accuracy and facilitate …

Atmospheric ion‐induced nucleation of sulfuric acid and water

ER Lovejoy, J Curtius, KD Froyd - Journal of Geophysical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Field studies show that gas phase nucleation is an important source of new particles in the
Earth's atmosphere. However, the mechanism of new particle formation is not known. The …

Chemistry of HOx radicals in the upper troposphere

L Jaeglé, DJ Jacob, WH Brune, PO Wennberg - Atmospheric Environment, 2001 - Elsevier
Aircraft observations from three recent missions (STRAT, SUCCESS, SONEX) are
synthesized into a theoretical analysis of the factors controlling the concentrations of HOx …

On the role of hydroxyl radicals in the self-cleansing capacity of the troposphere

J Lelieveld, FJ Dentener, W Peters… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2004 - acp.copernicus.org
Thousands of megatons natural and anthropogenic gases are released and subsequently
removed from the troposphere each year. Photochemical reactions, initiated by hydroxyl …

HOx concentrations and OH reactivity observations in New York City during PMTACS-NY2001

X Ren, H Harder, M Martinez, RL Lesher, A Oliger… - Atmospheric …, 2003 - Elsevier
Hydroxyl (OH) and hydroperoxy (HO2) radicals (collectively called HOx) were measured by
a laser-induced fluorescence instrument during the PMTACS-NY (PM2. 5 Technology …

A Laser-induced Fluorescence Instrument for Detecting Tropospheric OH and HO2: Characteristics and Calibration

IC Faloona, D Tan, RL Lesher, NL Hazen… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2004 - Springer
Measurement capability for the detection of atmospheric OH and HO 2 has been developed
at the Pennsylvania State Universityover the last decade. The instrument is used in two …

HO x budgets in a deciduous forest: Results from the PROPHET summer 1998 campaign

D Tan, I Faloona, JB Simpas, W Brune… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Results from a tightly constrained photochemical point model for OH and HO2 are compared
to OH and HO2 data collected during the Program for Research on Oxidants …