scholarly journals Volatile organic compounds emitted from silver birch of different provenances across a latitudinal gradient in Finland

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 975-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengistu M. Maja ◽  
Anne Kasurinen ◽  
Toini Holopainen ◽  
Sari Kontunen-Soppela ◽  
Elina Oksanen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Latitudinal Gradient ◽  
Silver Birch ◽  
Volatile Organic

scholarly journals Emissions of biogenic volatile organic compounds and subsequent photochemical production of secondary organic aerosol in mesocosm studies of temperate and tropical plant species

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 14291-14349 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. P. Wyche ◽  
A. C. Ryan ◽  
C. N. Hewitt ◽  
M. R. Alfarra ◽  
G. McFiggans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Organic Aerosol ◽  
Reaction Chamber ◽  
Silver Birch ◽  
Tropical Plant ◽  
Aerosol Mass ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
Seed Aerosol

Abstract. Silver birch (Betula pendula) and three Southeast Asian tropical plant species (Ficus cyathistipula, Ficus benjamina and Caryota millis) from the pantropical fig and palm genera were grown in a purpose-built and environment-controlled whole-tree chamber. The volatile organic compounds emitted from these trees were characterised and fed into a linked photochemical reaction chamber where they underwent photooxidation under a range of controlled conditions (RH ∼65–89%, VOC/NOx ∼3–9 and NOx ∼2 ppbV). Both the gas phase and the aerosol phase of the reaction chamber were monitored in detail using a comprehensive suite of on-line and off-line, chemical and physical measurement techniques. Silver birch was found to be a high monoterpene and sesquiterpene, but low isoprene emitter, and its emissions were observed to produce measureable amounts of SOA via both nucleation and condensation onto pre-existing seed aerosol (YSOA 26–39%). In contrast, all three tropical species were found to be high isoprene emitters with trace emissions of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes. In tropical plant experiments without seed aerosol there was no measurable SOA nucleation, but aerosol mass was shown to increase when seed aerosol was present. Although principally isoprene emitting, the aerosol mass produced from tropical fig was mostly consistent (i.e., in 78 out of 120 aerosol mass calculations using plausible parameter sets of various precursor specific yields) with condensation of photooxidation products of the minor VOCs co-emitted; no significant aerosol yield from condensation of isoprene oxidation products was required in the interpretations of the experimental results. This finding is in line with previous reports of organic aerosol loadings consistent with production from minor biogenic VOCs co-emitted with isoprene in principally-isoprene emitting landscapes in Southeast Asia. Moreover, in general the amount of aerosol mass produced from the emissions of the principally-isoprene-emitting plants, was less than would be expected from published single-VOC experiments, if co-emitted species were solely responsible for the final SOA mass. Interpretation of the results obtained from the fig data sets, leaves room for a potential role for isoprene in inhibiting SOA formation under certain ambient atmospheric conditions, although instrumental and experimental constraints impose a level of caution in the interpretation of the results. Concomitant gas and aerosol phase composition measurements also provide a detailed overview of numerous key oxidation mechanisms at work within the systems studied and their combined analysis provides insight into the nature of the SOA formed.

Impact of elevated temperature and ozone on the emission of volatile organic compounds and gas exchange of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth)

2012 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 33-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaisa Hartikainen ◽  
Johanna Riikonen ◽  
Anne-Marja Nerg ◽  
Minna Kivimäenpää ◽  
Viivi Ahonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elevated Temperature ◽  
Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Betula Pendula ◽  
Silver Birch ◽  
Betula Pendula Roth ◽  
Volatile Organic
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