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Quantifying the atmosphere-surface exchange of reactive trace gases and aerosols is extremely important for a full understanding of biogeochemical cycles and their implications for air quality and climate. However, turbulent fluxes of reactive gases such as ozone and volatile organic compounds (VOC) as well as aerosol particles are still difficult to measure. Chemical reactions contribute to changes in trace gas or aerosol concentrations, and production or loss processes have to be carefully separated from turbulent transport. Also, for many trace gas measurements and for size-resolved and chemically speciated aerosol measurements, instruments are limited with respect to time resolution, sensitivity, and accuracy, which restricts their application in micrometeorological techniques. Here, we present flux measurements of reactive trace gases and aerosols above tall vegetation. We focus on ozone deposition and its implications for the NO/NO2/O3 triad, biogenic emissions of volatile organic compounds and their subsequent oxidation reactions, and finally, turbulent aerosol fluxes in a spruce forest ecosystem.

M. J. Deventer: Affiliation during the work at the Waldstein sites—University of Münster, Institut für Landschaftsökologie, Heisenbergstr. 2, 48149 Münster, Germany.

L. Voß, V. Wolff: Affiliation during the work at the Waldstein sites—Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128 Mainz, Germany.

M. Sörgel, S. Schmitt: Affiliation during the work at the Waldstein sites—Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany.

A. Held: Affiliation during the work at the Waldstein sites before 2003—Department of Climatology, Bayreuth Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research (BITÖK), University of Bayreuth, Germany.

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Acknowledgments

The research summarized in this chapter was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMBF, PT BEO 51-0339476 C, and PT UKF 07ATF25) and the German Science Foundation (DFG) in the first EGER period (IOP1/2: ME 4100/4-1) and in the second EGER period (IOP3: PAK 446), as well as HE 5214/4-1. The authors acknowledge support by all participants of the BEWA 2000 and EGER field experiments and by the technical staff of the University of Bayreuth. Scientific contributions and instrumental support by Otto Klemm (WWU Münster, Germany) are gratefully acknowledged. The 2013 VOC REA flux measurements were supported by A. A. Turnipseed and A. B. Guenther, then at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado, USA).

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  1. Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany

    Andreas Held

  2. Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

    Andreas Held

  3. Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Malte Julian Deventer

  4. Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128, Mainz, Germany

    Franz X. Meixner & Matthias Sörgel

  5. Forschungszentrum Jülich, IEK-8, 52425, Jülich, Germany

    Sebastian Schmitt

  6. GEO-NET Umweltconsulting GmbH, Große Pfahlstraße 5a, 30161, Hannover, Germany

    Linda Voß

  7. Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046, Zürich, Switzerland

    Veronika Wolff

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Held, A. et al. (2017). Reactive Trace Gas and Aerosol Fluxes. In: Foken, T. (eds) Energy and Matter Fluxes of a Spruce Forest Ecosystem. Ecological Studies, vol 229. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49389-3_9

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