GEOPHYSICALRESEARCHLETTERS, VOL. 24, NO. 18, PAGES2299-2302,SEPTEMBER 15, 1997 Dependence of ozoneproductiononNO and hydrocarbons in the troposphere LawrenceI. Kleinman,PeterH. Daum, JaiH. Lee, Yin-Nan Lee, Linda J.Nunnermacker, Stephen R. Springston, andLeonardNewman Environmental Chemistry Division,Department of AppliedScience, Brookhaven NationalLaboratory, Upton,NY 11973 JudithWeinstein-Lloyd Chemistry/Physics Department, SUNY/OldWestbury,Old Westbury, NY 11568 Sanford Sillman Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, andSpace Sciences, University of Michigan, AnnArbor,MI 48109 Abstract. An expression for theproduction rateof 03, P(O3), is derivedbasedon a radicalbudgetequationapplicableto low and high NOx conditions. Differentiationof this equationwith respectto NO or hydrocarbons (HC) gives an approximate analyticformulain whichthe relativesensitivityof P(O3) to changes in NO or HC depends onlyon the fractionof radicals which are removedby reactionswith NOx. This formula is tested by comparisonwith results from a photochemical calculationdriven by trace gas observationsfrom the 1995 Southern Oxidants Study (SOS) campaign in Nashville, Tennessee. Introduction P(O3) from SteadyState Calculations- Nashville During the summerof 1995, the SOS conducteda field campaignin the Nashville- Mid Tennessee regiondirectedat understanding the processes responsible for elevated03 levels. As part of this programthe DOE G-1 aircraftflew 17 flights, mainly in the Nashville metropolitan area. Measurements included 03, NO,NO2,PAN,NOy,CO,hydrocarbons (analyzed at York University, 1995), HCHO, H202, andorganicperoxides. All instrumentsusedfor the presentstudyhave been described in conjunctionwith previous field campaigns[Daum et al., 1996;Lee et al., 1996; Weinstein-Lloyd et al., 1996]. For the purposeof illustratingthe two approaches of calculat- ing P(O3) and its derivatives,we rely on datacollectedduring two flights in which the Nashville urbanplume was sampled. Early experiencewith photochemicalsmogin Los Angeles These flights were conductedin the late morning and early and other large urban areas led to the conclusionthat O3 afternoon of 7/15 and 7/18 with most of the data collected in the productionduringhigh O3 episodeswasHC limitedandthatHC emissionreductionswere the most effective way of controlling boundarylayerat an altitudeof about500 m. Samplingwasalso between1700 and2800 m on 7/15. 03. In recentyearstherehas beena rethinkingof the ozone donein the free troposphere, Measurements on 7/15 were conductedunder stagnationcondicontrolproblemand an increasedawarenessthat NOx is often reaching120 ppb. On 7/18, there the limiting factor,especiallyin non-urbanregions[Sillman, tionswith 03 concentrations 1990, 1993; NRC, 1991]. While the optimum strategyfor was well definedflow with 55 ppb 03 upwind of the city and controlling03 is still a matter of debate,it is clear is that the about80 ppb downwind. A wide rangeof chemicalconcentraoccurrenceof NO x limited and hydrocarbonlimited conditions tions were encounteredon these2 days;NOx varied from 0.1 at differenttimesandplaceswill haveto be takeninto account. ppbabovetheboundarylayerto 32 ppbin a powerplantplume, The sensitivityof P(O3) to changesin NO and HC is calcu- and isoprenevaried from below detectionlimit (2 ppt) to 3.3 latedin this studyin two ways. First, from a steadystatephoto- ppb. chemical modeldrivenby tracegasconcentrations observed Steady state calculationssimilar to those describedin duringtheMiddle Tennessee SouthernOxidantsStudy. Second, Kleinmanet al. [ 1997] were performedusingas input the trace that were measuredcoincidentwith 13 from a radical budgetequation. The latter approachrelies on gas concentrations sampleson 7/15 and 15 sampleson 7/18. HCHO argumentsand approximations from Sillman (1995), extended hydrocarbon hereto yield an analyticformulathat explicitlygivesthe sensitivity of P(O3) to NO and HC. In this approximateformula, whetherP(O3) is NO x or HC limited is determinedsolelyby the primary pathwayfor removingfree radicals,a result which agreeswith qualitativedescriptions of 03 production[e.g.,NRC, 1991]. As Sillman [1995] has notedthe radicalremovalpathway also controlsthe value of one combinationof "indicator species", namely[peroxide]/[HNO3]. was not available on 7/18; the correlationbetween HCHO and 03 as determinedfrom the other flights was used instead. Photolysisrate constantswere calculatedfrom an Eppley UV radiometerand a radiativetransferprogram[Madronich, 1987] aspreviouslydescribed[Kleinmanet al., 1995]. In the calculations,the concentration of 03, NO, CO, hydrocarbons, HCHO, H202, andROOH are constrained to their observedvalues. A steadystateconcentration of PAN is assumed.Concentrations of methylvinylketoneandmethacrolein areestimated io be250 Copyright1997by theAmericanGeophysical Union. and 110% of isoprene,respectively,basedon an equilibrium mixturegoverned by OH reactions.The calculations yield the Papernumber97GL02279. concentrations of fastreactingspeciesincludingOH, HO2, RO2, 0094-8534/97/97GL-02279505.00 andNO2 thatarein equilibrium withthemeasured andestimated 2299 2300 KLEINMAN ET AL.: DEPENDENCE OF OZONE PRODUCTION ON NO AND HYDROCARBONS mix of stablecompounds.Rate informationsuchas P(O3) and the fractionof radicalsremovedby differentprocessesare also dlnP.(O3)/dln[HC ], 718 0.5 calculated. Effects of changingNO or hydrocarbonsare determinedby takingthe differencebetweena basecasecalculationandonein which the concentrationof NO or HC is incrementedby 10% and thenheld fixed. The HC incrementis appliedto CH4 and I -0.5 shorttime period (5 minutes)that is allowed for the systemto respondto the incrementedNO or HC, a new equilibrium is -1.0 , , 5 , I 10 • /,/ , 15 30 35 0.8 1.0 NOx (ppb) (a) are used to deter- theeffectof a hypothetical instantaneous change in [NO]or , 0 but the slowerreactingspeciesdo not havea chanceto respond. mine relative sensitivities, dlnP(O3)/dln[NO] and dlnP(O3)/dln[HC]. A value of 1 for thesequantitiesmeansthat an n% changein the concentrationof NO or HC yields an n% changein P(O3). Theserelative sensitivitiesare a measureof dlnP(O3)/dln[NO ] 715 /• dlnP(O Ifi[NO],718 reachedby the fastreactingspecies,OH, HO2, RO2, andNO2 (asverifiedby examiningthetime dependence of thesespecies), calculations "-a C],715 CO aswell asanthropogenic andbiogenic hydrocarbons. in the The base case and incremented / • ß .:,<. o.5 [HC]. They are useful in understandingthe processof 03 formation and its dependenceon precursorsbut shouldnot be confusedwith descriptors of emissionchanges,i.e., d[O3]/dENo or d[O3]/dEHc,which provide the changein 03 concentration -• -0.5 dueto an emissionschangeat someupwindpoint. The calculationsindicatethat P(O3) is close to zero at low •') 0.0 NOxandincreases toa maximum valueof about30 (14)ppbh-I asNOx increasesto about 14 (4) ppb on 7/15 (7/18). A further increasein NOx causesP(O3) to decrease,a result Which is attributed totheeffects ofNOxasaninhibitor of freeradical chemistryat highNOx concentration [seee.g., NRC, 1991]. The dependence of dlnP(O3)/dln[NO]and dlnP(O3)/dln[HC] onNOx is shownin Figure1a. As NOx levelsincreasethereis a tendencyfor an increasedsensitivity.to HC and a decreased sensitivity toNO,culminating ina negative sensitivity toNOat the highestNOx levels. Ozone productionis said to be NO x limited at low [NOx] where dlnP(O3)/dln[NO] > dlnP(O3)/dln[HC]. At high [NOx], dlnP(O3)/dln[HC] > dlnP(O3)/dln[NO],and03 productionis HC limited. similar curvesdepictthe response of 03 concentration to changesin NO and HC emissionrates [see e.g., Cardelino and Chameides, 1995]. In Figure 1b we plot the relativesensitivitiesthat are shown -1.0 0.0 0.2 (b) 0.4 0.6 LN/Q Figure 1. The relativesensitivityof 0 3 productionrateto [NO] and [HC], dlnP(O3)/din[NO]and dlnP(O3)/dln[HC],as a functionof (a) NO x and (b) the fractionof radicalsremovedby reactionswith NO or NO2, LN/Q. P(O3) is definedby (1) and doesnot includedestructionprocesses.Symbolson panel (a) are resultsfrom steadystatemodelcalculationsas identifiedin figure. Thinlinesarea quadratic fit to datapointsil!ustrating that differentfits are obtainedfor 7/15 and 7/18. Open symbols in panel(b) are the samesensitivities as/shownin panel(a), but plottedas a functionof the calculatedprocessvariable,LN/Q. Analytic formula without organic nitrate (16-17) is shown by solid line. Shadedsymbolsare•from (14-15) and differ from solidline by the organicnitrateterm. ß in Figure1a asa function of thefractionof radicals whichare lost by reactionsof the type Radical+NOx -• products. This fraction, denotedas LN/Q, is calculatedfor each sampleas the ratio of the loss rate from R+NOx reactions,LN, to the total radicalproductionrate, Q. BecausePAN is assumedto be in steadystate,it doesnot contributeto Q as a radicalsourceor to L N as a radical sink. A comparisonof Figures l a and lb indicates that there is significantly less scatter when the independentvariable is LN/Q. This result is shownbelow to follow from analytic expressions in which the relative sensitivitiesof P(O3) dependon LN/Q but not on NO or NOx alone. RO2 + NO ---)(1-6) NO2 + t5organic nitrate+ (1<5)RO (R2) Ozone is producedwith nearly a 100% yield from the subsequentphotolysisof NO2 andreactionof O atomwith 02. The 03 productionratecanthereforebe expressed as P(O3)- kt([HO2]+[RO2])[NO ] (1) wherekt is a weightedaveragerateconstant for (R1) and(R2) which can be defined to take into account nitrate formation in (R2), i.e., kt = kI([HO2]/([HO2+RO2]) -I-(1-•) k2 [RO2]/([HO2+RO2])(2) Equation(1) forms the basisfor many observationalbased studieson ozone production[see e.g., Ridley et al., 1992; P(O3) from Radical Budget The only significantchemicalsourceof ozonein the troposphereis from the reactionof peroxyradicalswith NO, producing NO2. HO2 + NO --) NO2 + OH (R1) Kleinman et al., 1995]. We will usethisequation alongwitha radicalbudget equation forperoxY radicalconcentration in order to determineP(O3)aridits sensitivityto changesin NO andHC. Our startingpoint is a statementthat the productionrate for radicals(oddhydr6gen= OH + HO2 + RO2), Q, mustequalthe sum of radical sinks: KLEINMAN ET AL.' DEPENDENCE OF OZONE PRODUCTION ON NO AND HYDROCARBONS Q= 2k3[HO2] 2+ 2k4[HO2][RO2] + LR+ LN (3) k3 andk4 arerateconstants for thereactions, 2 HO2 --• H202 + 02 (R3) HO2 + RO2 --• ROOH+ 0 2 (R4) The first 2 termsin (3) thereforerepresentlossof radicalsdueto productionof H202 and organicperoxides. L R represents all otherradical- radicalreactionsincludingOH+HO 2 and RO2 + R'O2. LN includes all radical loss reactions between free radicalsand NO or NO2 includingOH+NO 2 • HNO3 and whereHOx cyclingis inefficient,in thosecasesLN/Q is near zero and a poorapproximation to this term can be tolerated. Substituting (10) into(9) andassuming thatNO is proportional toNO2 (i.e.,[NO]=•O2]/T) andthendifferentiating, yields, LN = (7k5/k6)([NO]/[HC])P(03) + 8'P(O3) (12) [HC]dLN/d[HC ] = LN(dlnP(O3)/dln[HC ] - 1) + 6'P(O3) (13) Substituting (12-13) into (7-8) yields, dlnP(O3) 1 - 3/2 LN/Q + 1/2 6'P(O3)/Q givethetotalperoxyradicalconcentration: dln[NO] 1 - 1/2 LN/Q (14) (4) wherekeffis an effectiverateconstantfor peroxideformation, keff= k3(1-oc) 2+ k4(1-oc ) oc (11) [NO]dLN/d•O] = LN(l+dlnP(O3)/dln[NO]) - 6'P(O3) RO2+NO• organicnitrate.Equation (3) canbere-arranged to [HO2] + [RO2] = (Q- LR- LN)l/2/(2keff) 1/2 2301 (5) oc= [RO2]/([HO2]+ [RO2]) Substituting (4) into (1) gives P(O3) = kt/(2kcff)l/2(Q-LR-Ls)l/2[NO] (6) In previousstudieswe haveevaluated03 production ratesusing (6) underlow NO x conditions wherethetermLN canbe ignored [Kleinmanet al., 1995, 1997]. In thisstudywe includethisterm as we are interestedin a wide range of conditionsextending dlnP(O3) 1/2LN/Q - 1/2 6'P(O3)/Q dln[HC] 1 - 1/2 LN/Q (15) In many cases,as explicitly illustratedbelow, formationof organicnitratecanbe ignored.A particularlysimpleexpression resultswhich givesthe sensitivityof P(O3) with respectto NO andHC in termsof a singleindependent variable,LN/Q: dlnP(O3) 1 - 3/2 LN/Q dln[NO] 1 - 1/2 LN/Q dlnP(O3) 1/2 LN/Q dln[HC] 1 - 1/2 LN/Q (16) (17) from low to highNOx. As in the low NOx casewe will ignore thetermLR asbeingsmallcompared with peroxideformation. The mechanistic significance of LN/Q is thatit distinguishes low Relative sensitivities (i.e., dlnP/dln[NO] NOx statesin whichradicalsareremovedby formingperoxides ([NO]/P)dP/d[NO]) are obtainedby differentiating(6) with fromhighNOx statesin whichradicalsareremovedby reactions respectto [NO] or [HC]' with NOx [Sillman,1990;Kleinman;1991, 1994]. As discussed by Sillman [1995], the correspondence betweenlow and high dlnP(O3) 1/2 [NO] dLN/d[NO] NOx statesand the productionof peroxidesor HNO3 as the = l(7) din[NO] Q- L$ primaryphotochemical endproductservesasthebasisfor using the ratio [peroxide]/[HNO3]as an indicator for whether 03 production is NOx or HC limited. Note, however,the different dlnP(O3) -1/2 [HC] dLN/d[HC] = (8) time scales. LN/Q gives sensitivitiesat the presentmoment, dln[HC] Q- L N The dependence of Q on [NO] and [HC] is zero becausethe radicalprecursors (mainly 03 and HCHO) are constrained to their observedvaluesand thereforedon'tchangewith a change in NO or HC. The dependence of kt andkeffon NO andHC is generallysmallandhasbeenignored. while the indicatorratio reflectsthe pasthistoryof an air mass. In Figure lb we compare dlnP(O3)/dln[NO] and dlnP(O3)/dln[HC]from (16-17) with the corresponding quantities determinedfrom steadystatesimulationsof the Nashville dataset. On a qualitativelevelwe seethattheanalyticformulas capturethe significantfeaturesin the Nashville calculations. The key to using(7) and(8) is to find a goodapproximation Equations(16-17) showa curve- crossingat exactlyLN/Q = for dLN/d[NO] and dLN/d[HC]. First,we notethat,as in the 1/2, which separatesNO from HC limited conditions. This steadystatecalculation,PAN is assumed to be in equilibrium, result,whichwaspreviouslyfoundby Sillman[ 1995],is seento and is neither a sourceor sink for radicals. Thus, radical loss is due mainly to production of HNO3 and organic nitrate be a goodapproximation to theNashvilledatapoints. At the curvecrossing,NO and HC reductionsare equallyeffectivein reducingP(O3). However,therelativesensitivities havea value of 1/3 indicatingthat neitherreductionis particularlyeffective. LN = P(HNO3)+ P(RONO2) = ks[OH][NO2] + 8'P(O3) (9) At LN/Q = 2/3, thereis a zero crossingof dlnP(O3)/dln[NO], wherek5 is therateconstant for OH+NO2 -->HNO3 andproduc- closeto what the Nashville data shows. Figure lb also shows from (14-15) with the organicnitratetermcalcution of RONO2 hasbeenwrittenin termsof an averagenitrate the sensitivities yield, 8', using(R2). Accordingto Sillman[1990],therateof lated from the steadystatebox model. The differencebetween the 03 productioncanbe approximated by the rate at which OH the shadedsymbolsand solidcurvein Figure lb represents effectof organicnitratewhichis seento be small,in spiteof the reactswith hydrocarbons (includingCO): presenceof morethan 3 ppb of isoprene(with 8' = 0.15) in P(O3)= k6[OH][HC] (10) severalsamples.A comparisonbetweenthe openand shaded symbols indicates that including organic nitrate generally wherek6 is an effectiverate constantfor OH+hy•ocarbon • H02 or RO2. Although(10) doesnot applyto cleansituations improvesthe agreementbetweentheoreticaland calculated (RONO2): 2302 KLEINMAN ET AL.' DEPENDENCE OF OZONE PRODUCTION ON NO AND HYDROCARBONS sensitivities.Sillman [1995] has discussedthe effectsof PAN on the NO-HC transition point. He arrives at the criteria P(HNO3) -- 2 P(Peroxide),where "P" is productionrate. This reducesto L•q/Q- 1/2 if P(PAN) - 0 andgivesL•q/Q> 1/2 if P(PAN) > 0. This resultalsofollowsfrom (11)-(15) if P(PAN) replaces;5'P(O3). Kleinman, L.I., Seasonal dependenceof boundary layer peroxide concentration: The low andhighNOx regimes,J. Geophys. Res.,96, 20,721-20,733, 199I. Kleinman,L.I., Low and high NOx troposphericphotochemistry, J. Geophys.Res.,99, 16,831-16,838,1994. Kleinman,L, Y.-N. Lee, S.R. Springston,J.H. Lee, L. Nunnermacker,J. Weinstein-Lloyd, X. Zhou, and L. Newman, Peroxy radical concentration Conclusion A radical budget equation for 03 productionrate yields realisticsensitivitiesto changesin NO and HC underboth low andhighNOx conditionsasjudgedby a comparison with steady statemodel resultsfrom the SOS field campaignin Nashville, TN. The mostimportantfactorin determiningthe sensitivityof P(O3) to NO andHC is the fractionof radicalsthat are removed by reactionsof thetype Radical+ NOx --) products,a resultthat agrees with the use of the "indicator species" ratio, [peroxide]/[HNO3],to diagnoseNOx andHC limitedconditions [Sillman, 1995]. A crossoverfrom NO to HC sensitiveconditionsoccurswhen 1/2 of radicalsare removedby R+NOx. NO is counter-productiveto 03 productionwhen more than 2/3 of radicals are removed by reactionswith NOx. 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