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BiologyandChemistry
withCerticationinSecondaryEducation
Faculty:Dr.DonBlake,UCI
Mentor:JulieLee,UCI
BackgroundInformation
EthynevsJTime
800
Ethyne(pptv)
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
181.9570
181.9620
181.9670
JTime
181.9720
BackgroundInformation
CO(ppbv)vsJTime
240
220
CO(ppbv)
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
181.9550
181.9600
181.9650
JTime
181.9700
181.9750
Questions
Whatisthesourceofenhancedethyneand
COothecoastofLAX?
CantheratioofethynetoCObeusedto
determinetheageofthemassofinterest?
WhyEthyneandCO?
Ethyne(C2H2)andcarbonmonoxide(CO)are
productsofcombustion
Primarilyanthropogenic
Bromoform(CHBr3)andmethylnitrate
(MeNO2)
Oceanictracers
Etheneand134a
Urbantracer
(Smythetal.1996)
LifetimesofCompounds
Compound
Formula
Lifetime
ExpectedSlope
Ethyne
C2H2
1217days
Methylnitrate
CH3ONO2
1month
no
Bromoform
CHBr3
3days
no
Ethene
C2H2
12days
~1(fresh)
134a
CH2FCF3
13.6years
Yes(colocated)
RowlandBlakeLaboratoryAnalyticalCapibilities
http://www.physsci.uci.edu/~rowlandblake/research_lab.html
RelationshipwithOceanicIndicators
CHBr3vsEthyne
9.00
8.00
7.00
6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
3.50
3.00
CHBr3(pptv)
MeONO2(pptv)
MeONO2vsEthyne
2.50
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
50
150
250
Ethyne(pptv)
350
50
150
250
Ethyne(pptv)
350
RelationshipWithUrbanIndicators
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
AirMassEthynevsEthene
120
100
Ethyne(pptv)
Ethyne(pptv)
EthynevsEthene2PM
y=0.82x+98.4
R=0.70
80
60
40
y=0.26x+13.6
R=0.63
20
0
800
50
150
250
Ethene(pptv)
350
AirMassofInterest
134avsEthyne
100.0
y=0.13x+59.1
R=0.92
90.0
80.0
70.0
60.0
0
50
100
134a(pptv)
134a(pptv)
110.0
300 350134avsJTime
400
200.0
150.0
100.0
50.0
181.9630
181.9680 181.9730
JTime
Theory
Ageairmassusingequationintroducedby
Smythetal.in1996
Combinewithmeteorologicalmodels
Aidsinthedeterminationofsource
Needbothtodetermineageandsource
)#C2 H 2
& ,
%
(
+$
CO' o .
ln+
.
#C2 H 2
&
+%
(.
CO' t *$
"t =
(kC 2 H 2 / kCO )[OH]
(C2H2/CO)o=ratioofethynetoCOinfreshlycombustedcompounds
(C2H2/CO)t=ratioofethynetoCOintheplumeofinterest
kC2H2=6.0x1013cm3/s
kco=1.95x1013cm3/s
[OH]=2x106cm3
Methods:DeterminingAge
t=[ln((C2H2/CO)o/(C2H2/CO))t]/(kc2H2kCO)[OH]=8days
EthynevsCOinPlume
Ethyne(pptv)
400
300
200
100
0
100
Smythetal,1996
y=3.24x278.98
R=0.95
120
140
160
CO(ppbv)
180
200
Meteorology
Basedonmetrologyandthemath,theplumeis8daysandcomesfromNorthernAsia
IndicatorsofAsianAir
1211vsJTime
5.50
1211(pptv)
5.00
4.50
4.00
3.50
3.00
181.9550 181.9600 181.9650 181.9700 181.9750 181.9800
JTime
Conclusion
EthyneandCOcanbeusedtoageairmasses
ageis8days
Circulationmodelscanbecombinedwith
chemicalagingtodeterminepossiblesource
regionsandsourcesofcompounds
SourceoftheairmassofinterestisNorthernAsia
FutureWork
InvestigatepossiblesourcesfromNorthern
Asia
WhateventsweregoingoninN.Asia67days
priortooursampling?
ContinuetomonitorLAforevidenceof
importedair
PossibleimplicationsforEPAstandards
Acknowledgements
Faculty:Dr.DonBlake
Mentor:JulieLee
RowlandBlakelab
team
NASA/NSERC/SARP
SARP2011AirTeam
References
Smyth,S.,J.Bradshaw,S.Sandholm,S.Liu,S.McKeen,G.Gregory,B.
Anderson,R.Talbot,D.Blake,S.Rowland,E.Browell,M.Fenn,J.Merrill,
S.Bachmeier,G.Sachse,J.Collins,D.Thorton,D.Davis,H.Singh,(1996).
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RESEARCH,101(D1),17431762.
Xiao,Y,Jacob,D,&Turquety,S.(2007).Atmosphericacetyleneandits
relationshiptocoasanindicatororairmassage.JournalOF
GEOPHYSICALRESEARCH.
Questions
EquationWorkedOut
ppt
6
ppb
ln
ppt
3.2
ppb
t =
13
3
3
3
(4.05 x10 cm / s )[2 x10 cm ]