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The target of the present work was to develop, implement and test a coupling strategy between a complex multiphase chemistry and a size resolved microphysics in order to accurately simulate the multiphase processes taking place in a cloud. The coupling scheme provides time-interpolated meteorological variables and time-averaged mass fluxes over a defined coupling time interval for chemistry. The resulting ODEs are large, non-linear and extremely stiff. Implicit time integration schemes based on the BDF and on the second order Rosenbrock methods associated with direct sparse solvers were used to solve the resulting systems. The coupled model SPACCIM (Spectral Aerosol Cloud Chemistry Model) was evaluated for various case studies. Comparison with measured values from a field experiment showed a good agreement and proofed that the coupling strategy is robust and reliable. Moreover, the model is capable to handle different microphysical approaches and to deal with different reacting mechanisms under various types of dynamics with high flexibility.
Cavity Ringdown laser Spectroscopy has been applied to develop a novel in-situ monitoring device for atmospheric trace gases. The study has been dedicated to the detection of NO2 and HONO compounds which play an important role in atmospheric chemistry. The system, based on a Nd-YAG pumped UV-VIS OPO laser, has performed field experiments under harsh conditions showing high reliability and a detection limit in the 500 ppt range. Longer term measurements performed from the laboratory of the institute for air chemistry (BTU Cottbus) in Berlin-Adlershof in autumn and winter 2001/2002 showed very good coincidence with the results of the Berliner Luftgüte Meßnetz (BLUME). Present limitations in the performance have been elucidated putting in to evidence the effect of the aerosol content of the atmosphere. On the other hand, the possibility of quantitative aerosol analysis could be demonstrated.