A novel semi-direct method to measure OH reactivity by chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS)

Muller, Jennifer B. A.; Elste, Thomas; Plass-Dülmer, Christian; Stange, Georg; Holla, Robert; Claude, Anja; Englert, Jennifer; Gilge, Stefan; Kubistin, Dagmar

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4413-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4413-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4413-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 7

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25 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 25 Jul 2018

A novel semi-direct method to measure OH reactivity by chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS)

Jennifer B. A. Muller, Thomas Elste, Christian Plass-Dülmer, Georg Stange, Robert Holla, Anja Claude, Jennifer Englert, Stefan Gilge, and Dagmar Kubistin

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RC1: 'Review of "A novel semi-direct method to measure OH reactivity by chemical ionisation mass spectrometry (CIMS)" by J.B.A. Muller et al., 2018', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 May 2018
- AC1: 'Author's response to referees' comments', Jennifer Muller, 27 Jun 2018
RC2: 'Review of "A novel semi-direct method to measure OH reactivity by chemical ionisation mass spectrometry (CIMS)" by J.B.A. Muller', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 May 2018
- AC1: 'Author's response to referees' comments', Jennifer Muller, 27 Jun 2018
RC3: 'Review of Muller et al., AMTD, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2018-99', Anonymous Referee #3, 17 May 2018
- AC1: 'Author's response to referees' comments', Jennifer Muller, 27 Jun 2018

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ED: Publish as is (06 Jul 2018) by Mingjin Tang

Short summary

The hydroxyl radical (OH) largely controls tropospheric trace gas removal and the inverse of OH lifetime, OH reactivity, is a useful measure to investigate the oxidation capacity of the atmosphere. This paper presents a novel method to measure OH reactivity using an operational chemical ionization mass spectrometer (CIMS) for OH measurements at the GAW site Hohenpeissenberg, Germany. It includes the analysis of measurement uncertainties and demonstrates its suitability for long-term monitoring.