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TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY
Volume 65, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20719
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carbonyl sulphide; hydrogen; deposition velocity; soils; diurnal variations; radon
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We investigated the diurnal variations of atmospheric carbonyl sulphide (COS) during 2011 at Gif-sur-Yvette, a suburban atmospheric measurement site in France. These data were collected semi-continuously in parallel with hydrogen (H-2), carbon monoxide (CO) and (222)Radon (Rn-222) measurements. Fluxes and deposition velocities were calculated for nocturnal situations of low boundary layer height using the Radon-Tracer Method. Contrary to CO and H-2, the diurnal cycles of COS are not impacted by emissions from nearby automobile traffic. In the absence of local anthropogenic combustion sources, COS and H-2 mole fractions generally show similar temporal variations with night-time depletion coinciding with Rn-222 accumulation during stable nocturnal conditions. Nocturnal COS deposition velocities range from 0.07 to 0.40mm s(-1), with an annual mean of 0.18 +/- 0.12 mm s(-1) (n = 14). We found strong similarities between COS and H-2 dry deposition velocities in terms of annual mean and ranges of variation, and data showed linear correlation between the two. This study provides new evidence of the loss of COS near the ground via non-photosynthetic processes. Although the dominant sink of atmospheric H-2 is diffusion and subsequent destruction in soils, it is not all certain that COS is taken up at night solely by soils.
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