Dynamics of volatile organic compounds in a western Mediterranean oak forest
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted from many sources and have important implications for plant fitness, ecological interactions, and atmospheric processes, including photochemistry and ozone formation. Forest ecosystems are strong sources of biogenic VOCs. We aimed to characterize forest below-canopy VOC mixing ratios, monitored by Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS), at Montseny Natural Park, a Mediterranean forest 50 km from the Barcelona urban area. Measurements were taken every 2 min during six months around the maximum emission period of summer. All VOCs had diel cycles with higher mixing ratios during the day, but different patterns over time. Monitored VOCs were grouped as biogenic, oxygenated, or aromatic compounds. Additionally, a positive matrix factorization analysis identified four emission profiles that were attributed to photochemical VOC production, biogenic emissions, mixed VOC emission sources, and traffic emissions. Even though the biogenic source was the strongest source profile at the site, we found a strong influence of anthropogenic air masses infiltrating the forest canopy and altering the biogenic air masses at the site.
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dig-idaea-es-10261-2450692021-07-02T01:35:52Z Dynamics of volatile organic compounds in a western Mediterranean oak forest Yáñez-Serrano, Ana Maria Bach, Albert Bartolomé-Català, David Matthaios, Vasileios Seco, Roger Llusià, Joan Filella, Iolanda Peñuelas, Josep Volatile organic compounds Montseny Natural Park Positive matrix factorization Biogenic and anthropogenic VOC interaction Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted from many sources and have important implications for plant fitness, ecological interactions, and atmospheric processes, including photochemistry and ozone formation. Forest ecosystems are strong sources of biogenic VOCs. We aimed to characterize forest below-canopy VOC mixing ratios, monitored by Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS), at Montseny Natural Park, a Mediterranean forest 50 km from the Barcelona urban area. Measurements were taken every 2 min during six months around the maximum emission period of summer. All VOCs had diel cycles with higher mixing ratios during the day, but different patterns over time. Monitored VOCs were grouped as biogenic, oxygenated, or aromatic compounds. Additionally, a positive matrix factorization analysis identified four emission profiles that were attributed to photochemical VOC production, biogenic emissions, mixed VOC emission sources, and traffic emissions. Even though the biogenic source was the strongest source profile at the site, we found a strong influence of anthropogenic air masses infiltrating the forest canopy and altering the biogenic air masses at the site. AMYS, JP, IF, and JL acknowledge funding provided by the Spanish Government grant PID2019-110521GB-I00, the European Research Council Synergy grant ERC-SyG-2013-610028 IMBALANCE-P, and the Catalan Government grant SGR 2017-1005. AMYS also acknowledges the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science for her Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación grant. We would like to especially thank Joana Barber and Daniel Guinart from the Biosphere Reserve of Montseny Natural Park for allowing us to use the park facilities for the study. Peer reviewed 2021-07-01T09:52:10Z 2021-07-01T09:52:10Z 2021-07-15 artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 Atmospheric Environment 257: 118447 (2021) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/245069 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118447 en Publisher's version https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118447 Sí open Elsevier |
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted from many sources and have important implications for plant fitness, ecological interactions, and atmospheric processes, including photochemistry and ozone formation. Forest ecosystems are strong sources of biogenic VOCs. We aimed to characterize forest below-canopy VOC mixing ratios, monitored by Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS), at Montseny Natural Park, a Mediterranean forest 50 km from the Barcelona urban area. Measurements were taken every 2 min during six months around the maximum emission period of summer. All VOCs had diel cycles with higher mixing ratios during the day, but different patterns over time. Monitored VOCs were grouped as biogenic, oxygenated, or aromatic compounds. Additionally, a positive matrix factorization analysis identified four emission profiles that were attributed to photochemical VOC production, biogenic emissions, mixed VOC emission sources, and traffic emissions. Even though the biogenic source was the strongest source profile at the site, we found a strong influence of anthropogenic air masses infiltrating the forest canopy and altering the biogenic air masses at the site. |
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