The hydroxyl radical OH is the most powerful oxidant in the troposphere, however, characterizing its sinks remains a challenge. One important OH sink, is the oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), mainly released from biogenic sources, on the global scale. VOCs include a wide variety of chemical species with different lifetimes towards OH. Measuring OH reactivity is a useful tool to evaluate the loading in reactive species and to estimate the amplitude of unmeasured/unidentified compounds. In this context, this PhD work aimed to build and optimize a CRM or Comparative Reactivity method instrument for OH reactivity measurements. Afterwards, the CRM was deployed in a forest and an agricultural ecosystem. OH reactivity in a maritime p...