Measuring OVOCs and VOCs by PTR-MS in an urban roadside microenvironment of Hong Kong: relative humidity and temperature dependence, and field intercomparisons

Cui, Long; Zhang, Zhou; Huang, Yu; Lee, Shun Cheng; Blake, Donald Ray; Ho, Kin Fai; Wang, Bei; Gao, Yuan; Wang, Xin Ming; Louie, Peter Kwok Keung

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5763-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5763-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5763-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 12

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01 Dec 2016

Research article |

| 01 Dec 2016

Measuring OVOCs and VOCs by PTR-MS in an urban roadside microenvironment of Hong Kong: relative humidity and temperature dependence, and field intercomparisons

Long Cui, Zhou Zhang, Yu Huang, Shun Cheng Lee, Donald Ray Blake, Kin Fai Ho, Bei Wang, Yuan Gao, Xin Ming Wang, and Peter Kwok Keung Louie

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RC1: 'General comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Jul 2016
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer's comments', Shung Cheng Lee, 24 Aug 2016
RC2: 'Review on “Measuring OVOCs and VOCs by PTR-MS in an urban roadside microenvironment of Hong Kong: relative humidity and temperature dependence, and field inter-comparisons”', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Jul 2016
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer's comments', Shung Cheng Lee, 24 Aug 2016
RC3: 'Review, Long Cui et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 21 Jul 2016
- AC3: 'Response to reviewer's comments', Shung Cheng Lee, 24 Aug 2016

Short summary

In this manuscript, the effect of ambient RH and T on HCHO measurements by PTR-MS was investigated, and the Poly 2-D regression was found to be a good nonlinear surface simulation of R (RH, T) for correcting measured HCHO concentration. Intercomparisons between PTR-MS and other OVOC and VOC measuring techniques were conducted through a field study in urban roadside areas of Hong Kong primarily, and good agreements were found between these different techniques.