Detailed characterizations of the new Mines Douai  comparative  reactivity method instrument via laboratory  experiments and modeling

Michoud, V.; Hansen, R. F.; Locoge, N.; Stevens, P. S.; Dusanter, S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3537-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3537-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3537-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 8

Research article

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31 Aug 2015

Research article |

| 31 Aug 2015

Detailed characterizations of the new Mines Douai comparative reactivity method instrument via laboratory experiments and modeling

V. Michoud, R. F. Hansen, N. Locoge, P. S. Stevens, and S. Dusanter

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RC C1144: 'Comments on Michoud et al. (2015)', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 May 2015
- AC C2216: 'Answers to referee #1', Vincent Michoud, 24 Jul 2015
RC C1169: 'Review of “Detailed characterizations of a Comparative Reactivity Method (CRM) instrument: experiments vs. Modelling”, V. Michoud et al., Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 8, 3803-3580, 2015', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 May 2015
- AC C2217: 'Answers to referee #2', Vincent Michoud, 24 Jul 2015

Short summary

This study presents the results of an exhaustive characterization of a CRM instrument developed at Mines Douai to measure total OH reactivity in the troposphere. To do so, a suite of laboratory experiments was conducted to assess the different corrections that need to be applied during data processing. The results were then compared to simulations from a 0-D box model, including two different chemical mechanisms, leading to reasonable agreement.