HR: 1340h
AN: A33D-1549 [Abstracts]
TI: TexAQS Revisited - A Comparison of VOC Measurements in the LaPorte, Texas Vicinity From 2000 and 2006
AU: * Kuster, W C
EM: william.c.kuster@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA ESRL, R/CSD7
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AU: Gilman, J B
EM: jessica.gilman@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA ESRL, R/CSD7
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AU: Gilman, J B
EM: jessica.gilman@noaa.gov
AF: CIRES University of Colorado, Boulder, R/CSD7
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AU: Goldan, P D
EM: paul.d.goldan@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA ESRL, R/CSD7
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AU: Goldan, P D
EM: paul.d.goldan@noaa.gov
AF: CIRES University of Colorado, Boulder, R/CSD7
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AU: Warneke, C
EM: carsten.warneke@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA ESRL, R/CSD7
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AU: Warneke, C
EM: carsten.warneke@noaa.gov
AF: CIRES University of Colorado, Boulder, R/CSD7
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AU: deGouw, J
EM: joost.degouw@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA ESRL, R/CSD7
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AU: deGouw, J
EM: joost.degouw@noaa.gov
AF: CIRES University of Colorado, Boulder, R/CSD7
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AU: Jobson, B T
EM: tjobson@wsu.edu
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheric Research, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States
AB:
Gas phase volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were measured by gas chromatography as part of the TexAQS2K
campaign during August-September 2000 in LaPorte, Texas then again aboard the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown
while sailing in the Houston vicinity in August-September 2006 supporting the TexAQS06 campaign. Data
acquired in 2006 at Barbours Cut, about 4 miles east of the TexAQS2K sampling site, will be compared with
results from the earlier campaign. Generally, VOC mixing ratios appear to have decreased over the 6-year interval
from 0-40% depending on species. Whether this is due to meteorology, location or actual
emission reduction will be discussed at the meeting.
DE: 0345 Pollution: urban and regional (0305, 0478, 4251)
DE: 0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry
DE: 3307 Boundary layer processes
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting