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Characterization of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) and their OH reactivity in various agro-ecosystems Sandy Bsaibes To cite this version: Sandy Bsaibes. Characterization of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) and their OH reactivity in various agro-ecosystems. Global Changes. Université Paris-Saclay, 2019. English. NNT : 2019SACLV093. tel-02614381 HAL Id: tel-02614381 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-02614381 Submitted on 20 May 2020 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. 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Characterization of biogenic volatile organic compounds and their OH reactivity in various : 2019SACLV093 agro-ecosystems NNT Thèse de doctorat de l’Université Paris-Saclay Préparée à l’Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Ecole doctorale n°129 Sciences de l’Environnement d’île-de-France (SEIF) Spécialité de doctorat : chimie atmosphérique Thèse présentée et soutenue à Gif-sur-Yvette, le 12 Décembre 2019 par Sandy Bsaibes Composition du Jury : Didier Hauglustaine Directeur de Recherche, LSCE, CNRS Président Agnès Borbon Chargée de Recherche, LaMP, CNRS Rapporteur Jonathan Williams Senior Scientist, MPIC Rapporteur Corinne Jambert Maître de conférences, LA Examinateur Benjamin Loubet Directeur de Recherche, Ecosys, INRA Examinateur Valérie Gros Directeur de Recherche, LSCE, CNRS Directeur de thèse Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................... vii Preface ..................................................................................................................................................... x Résumé .................................................................................................................................................. xii Abstract ................................................................................................................................................ xiii 1. Introduction to BVOCs and OH reactivity ...................................................................................... 1 Introduction Chapitre 1 ....................................................................................................................... 2 1.1. The troposphere ....................................................................................................................... 6 1.2. Volatile Organic Compounds .................................................................................................. 8 1.2.1. Context ............................................................................................................................ 8 1.2.2. BVOCs chemical diversity .............................................................................................. 8 1.2.3. Factors affecting BVOCs emissions .............................................................................. 13 1.3. Reactivity and impacts in the atmosphere ............................................................................. 17 1.3.1. Atmospheric oxidants: sources, levels and reaction mechanisms with VOCs .............. 18 1.3.2. BVOCs lifetimes ........................................................................................................... 22 1.3.3. Impact of BVOCs transformation in the atmosphere .................................................... 24 1.4. Measurement methods ........................................................................................................... 26 1.4.1. VOCs in ambient air ...................................................................................................... 26 1.4.2. OH reactivity measurements techniques ....................................................................... 29 1.5. OH reactivity in various environments .................................................................................. 32 1.5.1. Forest areas .................................................................................................................... 32 1.5.2. Rural and suburban areas ............................................................................................... 37 1.5.3. Missing OH Reactivity .................................................................................................. 38 1.6. Thesis objectives ................................................................................................................... 38 2. Experimental ................................................................................................................................. 42 Introduction Chapitre 2 ..................................................................................................................... 43 2.1. Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometer (PTR- MS) .................................................... 46 2.1.1. Instrumental set-up ........................................................................................................ 46 2.1.2. Compounds sensitivity and volume mixing ratio .......................................................... 49 2.1.3. PTR-MS in atmospheric sciences .................................................................................. 50 2.2. Fast Gas Chromatography/ Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometer .......................... 51 2.2.1. Instrument set-up and operational concept .................................................................... 51 2.2.2. System characterization ................................................................................................. 53 2.2.3. Field deployment of the FastGC/PTR-MS .................................................................... 57 2.3. The Comparative Reactivity Method (CRM) ........................................................................ 58 2.3.1. General principle ........................................................................................................... 58 2.3.2. Derivation of the basic equation for CRM .................................................................... 59 ii 2.3.3. Experimental set up ....................................................................................................... 61 2.3.4. Method calibration......................................................................................................... 62 2.3.5. CRM artifacts and corrections ....................................................................................... 64 2.3.6. LSCE-CRM ................................................................................................................... 70 Conclusion Chapitre 2 ....................................................................................................................... 84 3. Variability of hydroxyl radical (OH) reactivity in the Landes maritime Pine forest: results from the LANDEX campaign 2017 ................................................................................................................ 85 Introduction chapitre 3 ...................................................................................................................... 86 Abstract ............................................................................................................................................. 87 3.1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 89 3.2. Experimental ......................................................................................................................... 93 3.2.1. Site description .............................................................................................................. 93 3.2.2. OH reactivity instruments .............................................................................................. 93 3.2.3. Ancillary measurements and corresponding locations ................................................ 100 3.2.4. OH reactivity calculation ............................................................................................. 105 3.3. Results ................................................................................................................................. 108 3.3.1. Comparison between LSCE-CRM and UL-FAGE measurements .............................. 108 3.3.2. Measured OH reactivity and meteorological parameters ............................................ 112 3.3.3. Measured and calculated ROH within and above the canopy ....................................... 116 3.3.4. Contribution of VOCs (PTR-MS) to calculated OH reactivity within and above the canopy ……………………………………………………………………………………......... 117 3.3.5. Description and investigation of potential missing OH reactivity during the LANDEX campaign .................................................................................................................................... 118 3.4. Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 127 Conclusion chapitre 3 ....................................................................................................................