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12 Jan 2010
Intercomparison of measurements of NO2 concentrations in the atmosphere simulation chamber SAPHIR during the NO3Comp campaign
H. Fuchs
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
now at: Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
S. M. Ball
Department of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
B. Bohn
Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
T. Brauers
Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
R. C. Cohen
Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
H.-P. Dorn
Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
W. P. Dubé
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
J. L. Fry
Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
R. Häseler
Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
U. Heitmann
Department of Physics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
R. L. Jones
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
J. Kleffmann
Physikalische Chemie/Fachbereich C, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
T. F. Mentel
Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
P. Müsgen
Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
F. Rohrer
Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
A. W. Rollins
Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
A. A. Ruth
Department of Chemistry, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Department of Physics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
A. Kiendler-Scharr
Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
E. Schlosser
Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
A. J. L. Shillings
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
R. Tillmann
Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
R. M. Varma
Department of Chemistry, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Department of Physics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
D. S. Venables
Department of Chemistry, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
G. Villena Tapia
Physikalische Chemie/Fachbereich C, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
A. Wahner
Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
R. Wegener
Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
P. J. Wooldridge
Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
S. S. Brown
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract. NO2 concentrations were measured by various instruments during the NO3Comp campaign at the atmosphere simulation chamber SAPHIR at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, in June 2007. Analytical methods included photolytic conversion with chemiluminescence (PC-CLD), broadband cavity ring-down spectroscopy (BBCRDS), pulsed cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS), incoherent broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy (IBB\-CEAS), and laser-induced fluorescence (LIF). All broadband absorption spectrometers were optimized for the detection of the main target species of the campaign, NO3, but were also capable of detecting NO2 simultaneously with reduced sensitivity. NO2 mixing ratios in the chamber were within a range characteristic of polluted, urban conditions, with a maximum mixing ratio of approximately 75 ppbv. The overall agreement between measurements of all instruments was excellent. Linear fits of the combined data sets resulted in slopes that differ from unity only within the stated uncertainty of each instrument. Possible interferences from species such as water vapor and ozone were negligible under the experimental conditions.
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How to cite. Fuchs, H., Ball, S. M., Bohn, B., Brauers, T., Cohen, R. C., Dorn, H.-P., Dubé, W. P., Fry, J. L., Häseler, R., Heitmann, U., Jones, R. L., Kleffmann, J., Mentel, T. F., Müsgen, P., Rohrer, F., Rollins, A. W., Ruth, A. A., Kiendler-Scharr, A., Schlosser, E., Shillings, A. J. L., Tillmann, R., Varma, R. M., Venables, D. S., Villena Tapia, G., Wahner, A., Wegener, R., Wooldridge, P. J., and Brown, S. S.: Intercomparison of measurements of NO2 concentrations in the atmosphere simulation chamber SAPHIR during the NO3Comp campaign, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 21–37, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-3-21-2010, 2010.