Question: Please provide a detailed answer to the following question using the chemical formula (step by step) Fall NOx and Hydrocarbon Limited O 3 . [Modified

Please provide a detailed answer to the following question using the chemical formula (step by step)

Fall NOx and Hydrocarbon Limited O3. [Modified from Jacob 12.1] Use the same approach introduced in Question 1 to consider the eastern United States in fall (October) instead of summer (July). For October, the photochemical model indicates a 24-hour average HOx production rate PHOx=1.0x106 molecules cm-3 s-1 in October.

  1. Why is the HOx production rate lower in October than in July?
  2. Compare the October HOx production rate to fPNOx, assuming the fraction oxidized and the emission are the same as in July (from Question 1); is one a lot greater than the other or are they approximately the same?
  3. Conclude as to whether ozone production over the eastern United States in October is NOx- or hydrocarbon-limited in October.
  4. As temperatures decrease in the fall, NOx may be increasingly removed by reaction (3) where RO2NO2 is an organic nitrate such as PAN (in summer, the organic nitrates decompose back to NOx because of the high temperatures). Consider a situation where reaction (3) represents the main HOx sink.What is an equation for the O3 production rate as a function of PHOx, [NO], and [NO2] (and constants). Hint: You can assume "efficient cycling" of HOx and use the results from the class discussion (D12b) here.
  5. Assuming that the [NO]/[NO2] ratio is a constant, is O3 production is NOx- or hydrocarbon-limited? Explain the implication of this result for O3 production in October.
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