1. Introduction ................................................. 1
2. Atmospheric Sulfur Chemistry and Aerosol Theory .............. 3
2.1. Sulfur Chemistry ........................................ 3
2.1.1. Atmospheric Sulfur Compounds ..................... 3
2.1.2. Atmospheric SO2 .................................. 8
2.2. Aerosol Theory ......................................... 11
3. Sulfur Dioxide Measurement Method ........................... 17
3.1. Measurement Method ..................................... 17
3.1.1. Former Measurement Methods ...................... 17
3.1.2. Chemical Ionization ............................. 18
3.1.3. Ion Detection ................................... 24
3.1.4. Error Calculation and Detection Limit ........... 32
3.1.5. Advantages of the CIMS Method ................... 30
3.2. Experimental Setup ..................................... 37
4. Measurement Campaigns ....................................... 39
4.1. TROCCINOX .............................................. 40
4.2. SCOUT-03 Tropical ...................................... 41
4.3. SHIPS, INTEX-B, MEGAPLUME .............................. 41
4.4. AMMA ................................................... 43
5. Measurement Data ............................................ 45
5.1. Median Profiles ........................................ 45
5.2. SO2 Rich Air Masses .................................... 50
6. SO2 Pollution Plumes: Case Studies .......................... 57
6.1. TROCCINOX Flight 20050207 .............................. 57
6.2. SCOUT-CM Transfer Larnaca-Dubai 20051104 ............... 69
6.3. INTEX Flight 20060503b ................................. 74
6.4. AMMA Flight 20060813 ................................... 95
6.4.1. Satellite Data and Air Mass Trajectories ........ 95
6.4.2. Discussion of Time Scries and Vertical
Profiles ....................................... 103
6.4.3. Formation of secondary HNO3 and H2SO4 .......... 110
7. ECHAM-4 Comparison ......................................... 117
8. Conclusions and Perspectives ............................... 123
A. Data Compilation ........................................... 127
A.l. TROCCINOX ............................................. 128
A.2. SCOUT-03 .............................................. 133
A.2.1. Transfer ....................................... 133
A.2.2. Local Flights .................................. 139
A.2.3. Backtransfer ................................... 148
A.3. INTEX, SHIPS, MEGAPLUME ............................... 150
A.4. AMMA .................................................. 162
List of Figures ............................................... 167
List of Tables ................................................ 172
List of Abbreviations ......................................... 175
Bibliography .................................................. 179
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