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Multi-year observations of BVOCs and ozone: concentrations and fluxes measured above and below the canopy in a mixed temperate forest
Dumont, Clément; Verreyken, Bert; Schoon, Niels et al.
2026 • In Earth System Science Data, 18 (1), p. 617-654
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Keywords :
BVOCs; Ozone; PTR-ToF-MS; Eddy covariance; Fluxes; Atmospheric chemistry; Mixed temperate forest
Abstract :
[en] Abstract. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and ozone (O3) are key constituents of tropospheric chemistry, affecting both air quality and climate. Forests are major emitters of biogenic VOCs (BVOCs), yet large uncertainties remain regarding the diversity of exchanged compounds, the drivers of their bidirectional fluxes, and their in-canopy chemistry. Long-term and comprehensive in situ datasets remain scarce, limiting our understanding of these complex processes. We conducted a 3-year field campaign (2022–2024) at the Integrated Carbon Observation System mixed temperate forest station of Vielsalm (BE-Vie), combining vertical concentration profile and eddy covariance flux measurements above and below the canopy (concentration dataset: https://doi.org/10.18758/NVFBA74V, Verreyken et al., 2025c; flux dataset: https://doi.org/10.18758/KHV8ZXU2, Dumont et al., 2025a; concentration-turbulence profile dataset: https://doi.org/10.18758/BED4Q2VY, Dumont et al., 2025b). Using a PTR-ToF-MS and an open-source data-processing workflow, we identified 48 significantly exchanged VOCs. The vertical and diurnal gradients of the mixing ratios reflected the interplay between emission, deposition, chemistry, and transport. Combined with a profile of turbulence statistics, these observations offer an opportunity to investigate their behaviour within the canopy. The forest acted as a net VOC source in summer (∼ 1.25 µg m−2 s−1), while deposition dominated in autumn. Many oxygenated VOCs displayed bidirectional exchange. Monoterpenes, isoprene, and methanol were the most abundant flux contributors, but 15–30 (30–43) compounds were needed to account for 90 % of total emissions (depositions), depending on the season. Below-canopy BVOC and O3 fluxes reached ∼ 10 % of above-canopy ones, with proportionally enhanced below-canopy ozone uptake at night. This study provides one of the most detailed long-term datasets of VOC and O3 exchange in a temperate forest and serves as a key reference for improving process-based models of biogenic, physical, and chemical exchange in forest ecosystems.
Research Center/Unit :
BIODYNE - TERRA Research Centre. Biosystems Dynamics and Exchanges - ULiège
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Earth sciences & physical geography
Phytobiology (plant sciences, forestry, mycology...)
Author, co-author :
Dumont, Clément  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Biosystems Dynamics and Exchanges (BIODYNE)
Verreyken, Bert  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Biosystems Dynamics and Exchanges (BIODYNE) ; Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Schoon, Niels;  Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Bergmans, Benjamin ;  ISSeP - Institut Scientifique de Service Public
Heinesch, Bernard  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Biosystems Dynamics and Exchanges (BIODYNE)
Amelynck, Crist;  Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy ; UGent - Ghent University > Department of Chemistry
Language :
English
Title :
Multi-year observations of BVOCs and ozone: concentrations and fluxes measured above and below the canopy in a mixed temperate forest
Publication date :
23 January 2026
Journal title :
Earth System Science Data
ISSN :
1866-3508
eISSN :
1866-3516
Publisher :
Copernicus GmbH
Volume :
18
Issue :
1
Pages :
617-654
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Development Goals :
3. Good health and well-being
13. Climate action
Name of the research project :
SAERF
BERTRAC
Funders :
BELSPO - Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
SPW - Service Public de Wallonie
Funding number :
Prf-2021034_BERTRAC#2; FSIRI/00/AC1; 1217769
Funding text :
This research has been supported by the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (grant nos. Prf-2021034_BERTRAC#2 and FSIRI/00/AC1) and the Service Public de Wallonie (grant no. 1217769).
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