The atmospheric chemistry of trace gases and particulate matter emitted by different land uses in Borneo

A. R. MacKenzie; B. Langford; T. A.M. Pugh; N. Robinson; P. K. Misztal; D. E. Heard; J. D. Lee; A. C. Lewis; C. E. Jones; J. R. Hopkins; G. Phillips; P. S. Monks; A. Karunaharan; K. E. Hornsby; V. Nicolas-Perea; H. Coe; A. M. Gabey; M. W. Gallagher; L. K. Whalley; P. M. Edwards; M. J. Evans; D. Stone; T. Ingham; R. Commane; K. L. Furneaux; J. B. McQuaid; E. Nemitz; Yapkok Seng; D. Fowler; J. A. Pyle; C. N. Hewitt

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The atmospheric chemistry of trace gases and particulate matter emitted by different land uses in Borneo

A. R. MacKenzie^*, B. Langford, T. A.M. Pugh, N. Robinson, P. K. Misztal, D. E. Heard, J. D. Lee, A. C. Lewis, C. E. Jones, J. R. Hopkins, G. Phillips, P. S. Monks, A. Karunaharan, K. E. Hornsby, V. Nicolas-Perea, H. Coe, A. M. Gabey, M. W. Gallagher, L. K. Whalley, P. M. EdwardsM. J. Evans, D. Stone, T. Ingham, R. Commane, K. L. Furneaux, J. B. McQuaid, E. Nemitz, Yapkok Seng, D. Fowler, J. A. Pyle, C. N. Hewitt

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We report measurements of atmospheric composition over a tropical rainforest and over a nearby oil palm plantation in Sabah, Borneo. The primary vegetation in each of the two landscapes emits very different amounts and kinds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), resulting in distinctive VOC fingerprints in the atmospheric boundary layer for both landscapes. VOCs over the Borneo rainforest are dominated by isoprene and its oxidation products, with a significant additional contribution from monoterpenes. Rather than consuming the main atmospheric oxidant, OH, these high concentrations of VOCs appear to maintain OH, as has been observed previously over Amazonia. The boundary-layer characteristics andmixing ratios ofVOCs observed over theBorneo rainforest are different to those measured previously overAmazonia.Compared with the Bornean rainforest, air over the oil palm plantation contains much more isoprene, monoterpenes are relatively less important, and the flower scent, estragole, is prominent. Concentrations of nitrogen oxides are greater above the agroindustrial oil palm landscape than over the rainforest, and this leads to changes in some secondary pollutant mixing ratios (but not, currently, differences in ozone). Secondary organic aerosol over both landscapes shows a significant contribution from isoprene. Primary biological aerosol dominates the super-micrometre aerosol over the rainforest and is likely to be sensitive to land-use change, since the fungal source of the bioaerosol is closely linked to above-ground biodiversity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3177-3195
Number of pages	19
Journal	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Volume	366
Issue number	1582
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0053
Publication status	Published - 27 Nov 2011

Keywords

Atmospheric aerosol
Biogenic volatile organic compounds
Hydroxyl radical
Oil palm
Rainforest
Tropospheric ozone

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MacKenzie, A. R., Langford, B., Pugh, T. A. M., Robinson, N., Misztal, P. K., Heard, D. E., Lee, J. D., Lewis, A. C., Jones, C. E., Hopkins, J. R., Phillips, G., Monks, P. S., Karunaharan, A., Hornsby, K. E., Nicolas-Perea, V., Coe, H., Gabey, A. M., Gallagher, M. W., Whalley, L. K., ... Hewitt, C. N. (2011). The atmospheric chemistry of trace gases and particulate matter emitted by different land uses in Borneo. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366(1582), 3177-3195. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0053

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