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Environ Sci Technol

Title:		Observations of diurnal to weekly variations of monoterpene-dominated fluxes of volatile organic compounds from mediterranean forests: implications for regional modeling
Author(s):		Fares S; Schnitzhofer R; Jiang X; Guenther A; Hansel A; Loreto F;
Address:		"Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura (CRA)-Centro di ricerca per lo studio delle Relazioni tra Pianta e Suolo, Rome 00184, Italy"
Journal Title:		Environ Sci Technol
Year:		2013
Volume:		20130919
Issue:		19
Page Number:		11073 - 11082
DOI:		10.1021/es4022156
ISSN/ISBN:		1520-5851 (Electronic) 0013-936X (Linking)
Abstract:		"The Estate of Castelporziano (Rome, Italy) hosts many ecosystems representative of Mediterranean vegetation, especially holm oak and pine forests and dune vegetation. In this work, basal emission factors (BEFs) of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) obtained by Eddy Covariance in a field campaign using a proton transfer reaction-time-of-flight-mass spectrometer (PTR-TOF-MS) were compared to BEFs reported in previous studies that could not measure fluxes in real-time. Globally, broadleaf forests are dominated by isoprene emissions, but these Mediterranean ecosystems are dominated by strong monoterpene emitters, as shown by the new BEFs. The original and new BEFs were used to parametrize the model of emissions of gases and aerosols from nature (MEGAN v2.1), and model outputs were compared with measured fluxes. Results showed good agreement between modeled and measured fluxes when a model was used to predict radiative transfer and energy balance across the canopy. We then evaluated whether changes in BVOC emissions can affect the chemistry of the atmosphere and climate at a regional level. MEGAN was run together with the land surface model (community land model, CLM v4.0) of the community earth system model (CESM v1.0). Results highlighted that tropospheric ozone concentration and air temperature predicted from the model are sensitive to the magnitude of BVOC emissions, thus demonstrating the importance of adopting the proper BEF values for model parametrization"
Keywords:		"Acetone/analysis Italy Methanol/analysis *Models, Theoretical Monoterpenes/*analysis Pinus Quercus Time Factors *Trees Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis;"
Notes:		"MedlineFares, Silvano Schnitzhofer, Ralf Jiang, Xiaoyan Guenther, Alex Hansel, Armin Loreto, Francesco eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2013/09/06 Environ Sci Technol. 2013 Oct 1; 47(19):11073-82. doi: 10.1021/es4022156. Epub 2013 Sep 19"