由云滴介导的无处不在的大气中的有机酸的产生
B Franco1,2, T Blumenstock3, C Cho4
1Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany. bfranco@ulb.ac.be.
Nature
|May 13, 2021
概括
甲通过甲醇在云中转化为酸. 这种多相路径显著增加大气中的酸,影响云层的酸度,并调和气候模型的差异.
科学领域:
- 大气化学
- 云物理
- 气候模型
背景情况:
- 大气中的酸度受二氧化碳和有机酸的影响.
- 酸在云滴核和雨水酸度中起着关键作用.
- 目前的化学气候模型低估了大气中的酸,
研究的目的:
- 在大气条件下研究甲转化为酸的途径.
- 量化该途径对大气中酸总负担的贡献.
- 调和模型预测和酸丰度测量之间的差异.
主要方法:
- 进行大气室实验以研究甲的多相转化.
- 研究了甲二醇 (甲的水合形式) 在温暖的云滴中的作用.
- 使用化学气候模型估计甲二醇氧化产生的酸.
主要成果:
- 甲通过涉及甲醇的多相途径有效地转化为气态酸.
- 在温暖的云滴中,甲二醇表现出快速脱气但缓慢脱水.
- 甲二醇的气相氧化可以产生高达其他已知来源的四倍的酸.
结论:
- 在目前的气候模型中,二醇机制解释了酸的低估值.
- 这种途径显著增加了大气中的酸,使云和雨水的酸度高达0.3个pH单位.
- 这种机制可能适用于其他化物,这可能解释了大气中其他有机酸的高含量.
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