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Interaction between isoprene and ozone fluxes in a poplar plantation and its impact on air quality at the European level

The emission of isoprene and other biogenic volatile organic compounds from vegetation plays an important role in tropospheric ozone (O(3)) formation. The potentially large expansion of isoprene emitting species (e.g., poplars) for bioenergy production might, therefore, impact tropospheric O(3) form...

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Autores principales: Zenone, Terenzio, Hendriks, Carlijn, Brilli, Federico, Fransen, Erik, Gioli, Beniamio, Portillo-Estrada, Miguel, Schaap, Martijn, Ceulemans, Reinhart
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5018846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27615148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep32676
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author Zenone, Terenzio
Hendriks, Carlijn
Brilli, Federico
Fransen, Erik
Gioli, Beniamio
Portillo-Estrada, Miguel
Schaap, Martijn
Ceulemans, Reinhart
author_facet Zenone, Terenzio
Hendriks, Carlijn
Brilli, Federico
Fransen, Erik
Gioli, Beniamio
Portillo-Estrada, Miguel
Schaap, Martijn
Ceulemans, Reinhart
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description The emission of isoprene and other biogenic volatile organic compounds from vegetation plays an important role in tropospheric ozone (O(3)) formation. The potentially large expansion of isoprene emitting species (e.g., poplars) for bioenergy production might, therefore, impact tropospheric O(3) formation. Using the eddy covariance technique we have simultaneously measured fluxes isoprene, O(3) and of CO(2) from a poplar (Populus) plantation grown for bioenergy production. We used the chemistry transport model LOTOS-EUROS to scale-up the isoprene emissions associated with the existing poplar plantations in Europe, and we assessed the impact of isoprene fluxes on ground level O(3) concentrations. Our findings suggest that isoprene emissions from existing poplar-for-bioenergy plantations do not significantly affect the ground level of O(3) concentration. Indeed the overall land in Europe covered with poplar plantations has not significantly changed over the last two decades despite policy incentives to produce bioenergy crops. The current surface area of isoprene emitting poplars-for-bioenergy remains too limited to significantly enhance O(3) concentrations and thus to be considered a potential threat for air quality and human health.
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spelling pubmed-50188462016-09-19 Interaction between isoprene and ozone fluxes in a poplar plantation and its impact on air quality at the European level Zenone, Terenzio Hendriks, Carlijn Brilli, Federico Fransen, Erik Gioli, Beniamio Portillo-Estrada, Miguel Schaap, Martijn Ceulemans, Reinhart Sci Rep Article The emission of isoprene and other biogenic volatile organic compounds from vegetation plays an important role in tropospheric ozone (O(3)) formation. The potentially large expansion of isoprene emitting species (e.g., poplars) for bioenergy production might, therefore, impact tropospheric O(3) formation. Using the eddy covariance technique we have simultaneously measured fluxes isoprene, O(3) and of CO(2) from a poplar (Populus) plantation grown for bioenergy production. We used the chemistry transport model LOTOS-EUROS to scale-up the isoprene emissions associated with the existing poplar plantations in Europe, and we assessed the impact of isoprene fluxes on ground level O(3) concentrations. Our findings suggest that isoprene emissions from existing poplar-for-bioenergy plantations do not significantly affect the ground level of O(3) concentration. Indeed the overall land in Europe covered with poplar plantations has not significantly changed over the last two decades despite policy incentives to produce bioenergy crops. The current surface area of isoprene emitting poplars-for-bioenergy remains too limited to significantly enhance O(3) concentrations and thus to be considered a potential threat for air quality and human health. Nature Publishing Group 2016-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5018846/ /pubmed/27615148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep32676 Text en Copyright © 2016, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Zenone, Terenzio
Hendriks, Carlijn
Brilli, Federico
Fransen, Erik
Gioli, Beniamio
Portillo-Estrada, Miguel
Schaap, Martijn
Ceulemans, Reinhart
Interaction between isoprene and ozone fluxes in a poplar plantation and its impact on air quality at the European level
title Interaction between isoprene and ozone fluxes in a poplar plantation and its impact on air quality at the European level
title_full Interaction between isoprene and ozone fluxes in a poplar plantation and its impact on air quality at the European level
title_fullStr Interaction between isoprene and ozone fluxes in a poplar plantation and its impact on air quality at the European level
title_full_unstemmed Interaction between isoprene and ozone fluxes in a poplar plantation and its impact on air quality at the European level
title_short Interaction between isoprene and ozone fluxes in a poplar plantation and its impact on air quality at the European level
title_sort interaction between isoprene and ozone fluxes in a poplar plantation and its impact on air quality at the european level
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5018846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27615148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep32676
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