Photochemical Formation and Destruction of Hydrogen Peroxide on Antarctic Snow Gains

智力优势：PI建议进行一系列以实验室为基础的实验，旨在揭示控制光活性表面积雪和冰中过氧化氢(HoOH)形成和破坏的光化学机制。其中一些实验需要从野外采集雪样，通过与资助的实地项目建立合作关系来获取。这些实验是在之前资助的类似研究之后进行的。早期工作的一个更值得注意的发现是，Hooh而不是硝酸盐光解是雪粒中羟基自由基(.oh)的主要来源。研究表明，虽然硝酸盐吸收了更多的阳光，但其对.oh的量子产率比Hooh低约200倍。因此，可以计算出，在典型的南极夏季积雪条件下，HoOH的光解速率常数大约是硝酸盐的9倍。这是相关的，因为大气氧化剂，如.oh，Hooh和臭氧(O3)决定了许多空气中污染物的命运，而保存在冰芯中的Hooh据称是为了记录大气的氧化能力。虽然已经建立了对HoOH的物理转移的合理理解，但光化学过程还没有。这些重点实验的目的是：1)研究HoOH在表面“准液体”层中的光解速率是否与固体基质中的不同；2)研究HoOH与有机化合物的相互作用；3)了解木质素衍生的有机物和铁羧酸盐在一系列条件下是否有助于Hooh的光形成；4)确定南极雪面上Hooh的光解速率；5)评估降雪空气作为HO2来源的重要性。它们可能会在雪粒上重新结合并形成Hooh。首要目标是描述雪粒上光化学产生和销毁HoOH的途径，以促进增进对这一重要雪种的预算的了解。其他人发布的稳态模型将被修改以实现这一目标。更广泛的影响：提出了一项广泛的教育和推广计划，其中将包括培训一名博士后和一名已确定的博士生(乔恩·鲍尔饰)和多名本科生。这位博士生在阿拉斯加东南大学(朱诺)接受本科培训，这是一所EPSCoR研究所(9000名学生：16%是美洲原住民)。计划利用乔恩的经验和关系，在加州大学戴维斯分校和UAS之间建立联系，每年夏天都会有一次UAS本科生实习到UCD。该学生将参与UCD现有的支持计划。UCD的一名或两名参与者每年都会前往朱诺，以多种方式与学生和教职员工互动。其目的是为课程提供有意义的讲座，传播极地地区在全球变化中的重要性，并鼓励学生对进一步学习科学的兴趣。后者将包括参与现有的计划，以帮助和留住低收入或第一代大学生，目标是增加他们对本科生和研究生的参与。该项目也将成为暑期学生的潜在来源。关于全球变化和冰雪化学的公开演讲将在朱诺的伊根和环太平洋论坛的既定晚会上发表，这两个论坛都是免费的，强调社区的多样化参与。PI希望继续指导学生，并将与研究相关的信息整合到他的研究生和本科课程中，作为他在1997年获得NSF职业奖后更广泛影响的延续。

Intellectual merit: The PI proposes to conduct a series of laboratory-based experiments aimed at revealing the photochemical mechanisms controlling peroxide (HOOH) formation and destruction in the photoactive surface snow pack and ice. Some of these experiments require snow samples from the field to be obtained through collaborative connections to funded field programs. The experiments follow on similar previously funded studies. One of the more notable findings of earlier work established that HOOH rather than nitrate photolysis is the dominant source of hydroxyl radicals (.OH) on snow grains. It was shown that while nitrate absorbed more sunlight, its quantum yield for .OH is about 200-fold less than that of HOOH. Thus HOOH can be calculated to have about 9-fold higher rate constant of photolysis than nitrate during typical Antarctic summer snow pack conditions. This is relevant because atmospheric oxidants such as .OH, HOOH and ozone (O3) determine the fate of many airborne pollutants and HOOH preserved in ice cores is purported to record the oxidative capacity of the atmosphere. While a reasonable understanding of physical transfer of HOOH has been established, photochemical processes have not. The focused experiments are designed to 1) address whether rates of HOOH photolysis differ in surficial "quasi-liquid" layers from those in the solid matrix 2) examine how HOOH interacts with organic compounds 3) learn whether lignin-derived organics and iron-carboxylates contribute to HOOH photoformation under a range of conditions 4) determine rates of HOOH photoformation on Antarctic snow and 5) evaluate the importance of the firn air as a source of HO2. that could recombine and form HOOH on snow grains. The overarching goal is to characterize pathways for photochemical production and destruction of HOOH on snow grains as a contribution to improving knowledge of the budget of this important species in snow. A steady state model published by others will be modified to address this goal.Broader impacts: An extensive education and outreach plan is presented that will include the training of a postdoc and an identified Ph.D. student (Jon Bower) and multiple undergraduates. The Ph.D. student did his undergraduate training at the University of Alaska Southeast (Juneau), which is an EPSCoR Institution (9000 students: 16% are Native American). It is planned to capitalize on the experience and ties of Jon to set up a connection between UC Davis and UAS that involves a UAS undergraduate internship to UCD each summer. That student would be involved in existing support programs at UCD. One or two of the UCD participants would travel to Juneau each year to interact with students and faculty in a number of ways. The objective is to contribute meaningful lectures to courses, to transmit the importance of polar regions in global change, and to encourage the interest the interest of the student body in further studies of science. The latter will encompass participation in an existing program to reach and retain low-income or first generation college students with the goal of increasing their participation in undergraduate and graduate study. This program will also serve as a potential source of summer students. Public presentations on global change and snow and ice chemistry will be given in Juneau at the established Evening at the Egan and Pacific Rim Forum both of which are free and emphasize diverse community involvement. The PI expects to continue to mentor students and integrate research related information into his graduate and undergraduate courses as a continuation of broader impacts extending from his NSF CAREER Award in 1997.