Nature Communications (Oct 2018)
The reaction of hydroxyl and methylperoxy radicals is not a major source of atmospheric methanol
- Rebecca L. Caravan,
- M. Anwar H. Khan,
- Judit Zádor,
- Leonid Sheps,
- Ivan O. Antonov,
- Brandon Rotavera,
- Krupa Ramasesha,
- Kendrew Au,
- Ming-Wei Chen,
- Daniel Rösch,
- David L. Osborn,
- Christa Fittschen,
- Coralie Schoemaecker,
- Marius Duncianu,
- Asma Grira,
- Sebastien Dusanter,
- Alexandre Tomas,
- Carl J. Percival,
- Dudley E. Shallcross,
- Craig A. Taatjes
Affiliations
- Rebecca L. Caravan
- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories
- M. Anwar H. Khan
- School of Chemistry, Cantock’s Close, University of Bristol
- Judit Zádor
- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories
- Leonid Sheps
- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories
- Ivan O. Antonov
- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories
- Brandon Rotavera
- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories
- Krupa Ramasesha
- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories
- Kendrew Au
- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories
- Ming-Wei Chen
- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories
- Daniel Rösch
- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories
- David L. Osborn
- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories
- Christa Fittschen
- Université Lille, CNRS, UMR 8522–PC2A–Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l’Atmosphère
- Coralie Schoemaecker
- Université Lille, CNRS, UMR 8522–PC2A–Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l’Atmosphère
- Marius Duncianu
- IMT Lille Douai, Université Lille, Département Sciences de l’Atmosphère et Génie de l’Environnement (SAGE)
- Asma Grira
- IMT Lille Douai, Université Lille, Département Sciences de l’Atmosphère et Génie de l’Environnement (SAGE)
- Sebastien Dusanter
- IMT Lille Douai, Université Lille, Département Sciences de l’Atmosphère et Génie de l’Environnement (SAGE)
- Alexandre Tomas
- IMT Lille Douai, Université Lille, Département Sciences de l’Atmosphère et Génie de l’Environnement (SAGE)
- Carl J. Percival
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
- Dudley E. Shallcross
- School of Chemistry, Cantock’s Close, University of Bristol
- Craig A. Taatjes
- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06716-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
The reaction of hydroxyl and methylperoxy radicals has recently been suggested as the source of missing methanol in the remote troposphere. Here, the authors present direct experimental measurements demonstrating the reaction leads to further underprediction of modelled methanol.
