Postprocessing and Data Analysis of Formaldehyde Measurements Aquired on the GV Aircraft During the 2012 Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry Study

该项目涉及对作为2012年5月和6月进行的深对流云和化学研究（DC 3）的一部分收集的原始现场数据进行后处理。DC 3活动的主要目标是确定深中纬度大陆对流云的影响，包括相关的动力学，物理和闪电过程，对流层上部/平流层下部（UT/LS）的组成和化学。在UT/LS中，甲醛和过氧化物是臭氧的主要来源。DC 3数据集的仔细分析是非常重要的理解和解释自由基生产UT/LS由于对流传输的前体物质，影响臭氧的生产。DC 3活动的数据将增进对与对流层上部臭氧形成有关的大气化学和动力学的了解，臭氧在对流层上部是一种温室气体。 对活动数据的详细分析将有助于阐明深对流和烟羽老化过程中可能发生的机制，这些机制影响水蒸气、臭氧、卷云和气溶胶浓度，而这些都对地球气候系统的辐射强迫起着重要作用。

This project involves post-processing of original field data collected as part of the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry Study (DC3) conducted in May and June of 2012. The primary goal of the DC3 campaign was to determine the influence of deep, midlatitude continental convective clouds, including related dynamical, physical, and lightning processes, on upper tropospheric/lower stratospheric (UT/LS) composition and chemistry. In the UT/LS, formaldehyde and peroxides are major sources of ozone. Careful analyses of the DC3 dataset are important for understanding and interpreting radical production in the UT/LS due to convective transport of precursors that influence the production of ozone. Data from the DC3 campaign will increase the understanding of the atmospheric chemistry and dynamics related to the formation of ozone in the upper troposphere, where ozone acts as a greenhouse gas. Detailed analysis of campaign data will help elucidate possible mechanisms that occur during deep convection and plume aging that influence water vapor, ozone, cirrus cloud and aerosol concentrations that all play important roles in contributing to radiative forcing of the Earth's climate system.