Field investigations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exchange between plants and the atmosphere
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Title (Dublin Core)
Field investigations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exchange between plants and the atmosphere
Description (Dublin Core)
The nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) exchange between the atmosphere and needles of <i>Picea abies</i> L. (Norway Spruce) was studied under uncontrolled field conditions using a dynamic chamber system. This system allows measurements of the flux density of the reactive NO-NO<sub>2</sub>-O<sub>3</sub> triad and additionally of the non-reactive trace gases CO<sub>2</sub> and H<sub>2</sub>O. For the NO<sub>2</sub> detection a highly NO<sub>2</sub> specific blue light converter was used, which was coupled to chemiluminescence detection of the photolysis product NO. This NO<sub>2</sub> converter excludes known interferences with other nitrogen compounds, which occur by using more unspecific NO<sub>2</sub> converters. Photo-chemical reactions of NO, NO<sub>2</sub>, and O<sub>3</sub> inside the dynamic chamber were considered for the determination of NO<sub>2</sub> flux densities, NO<sub>2</sub> deposition velocities, as well as NO<sub>2</sub> compensation point concentrations. The calculations are based on a bi-variate weighted linear regression analysis (y- and x-errors considered). The NO<sub>2</sub> deposition velocities for spruce, based on projected needle area, ranged between 0.07 and 0.42 mm s<sup>−1</sup>. The calculated NO<sub>2</sub> compensation point concentrations ranged from 2.4 ± 9.63 to 29.0 ± 16.30 nmol m<sup>−3</sup> (0.05–0.65 ppb) but the compensation point concentrations were all not significant in terms of compensation point concentration is unequal to zero. These data challenge the existence of a NO<sub>2</sub> compensation point concentration for spruce. Our study resulted in lower values of NO<sub>2</sub> gas exchange flux densities, NO<sub>2</sub> deposition velocities and NO<sub>2</sub> compensation point concentrations in comparison to most previous studies. It is essential to use a more specific NO<sub>2</sub> analyzer than used in previous studies and to consider photo-chemical reactions between NO, NO<sub>2</sub>, and O<sub>3</sub> inside the chamber.
Creator (Dublin Core)
Breuninger, C.
Meixner, F. X.
Kesselmeier, J.
Date (Dublin Core)
2018-01-15
Type (Dublin Core)
Text
Format (Dublin Core)
application/pdf
Identifier (Dublin Core)
10.5194/acp-13-773-2013
https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/13/773/2013/
Source (Dublin Core)
eISSN: 1680-7324
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
