Author(s)

F.C. Gruebler, A. Thielmann, J. Staehelin, T. Staffelbach A. Neftel and J. Dommeir

Abstract

Bernese Oxidant Production Study BOPS: Field Measurements at an Urban Receptor Site A contribution to subproject LOOP F.C. Gruebler\ A. ThielmaW, J StaeheW, T Staffelbach^ A. NefteP and J Dommeir* * Institute for Atmospheric Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland ^Institute of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture, Bern-Liebefeld, Switzerland *Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland Scientific goals The Bernese Oxidant Production Study (BOPS) took place during four weeks in summer 1997, 3 km south-west of the centre of Bern, a city of 133,000 inhabitants on the Swiss Plateau. During BOPS, NO, NO:, NOy, Os, HNOs, MONO, HiO:, HCHO, volatile hydrocarbons (CHDn compounds) and black carbon were measured continuously. As the first field campaign of the subproject LOOP (L

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