Long-term real-time measurements of aerosol particle composition in Beijing, China: seasonal variations, meteorological effects, and source analysis

Sun, Y. L.; Wang, Z. F.; Du, W.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, Q. Q.; Fu, P. Q.; Pan, X. L.; Li, J.; Jayne, J.; Worsnop, D. R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10149-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10149-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10149-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 17

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11 Sep 2015

Research article |

| 11 Sep 2015

Long-term real-time measurements of aerosol particle composition in Beijing, China: seasonal variations, meteorological effects, and source analysis

Y. L. Sun, Z. F. Wang, W. Du, Q. Zhang, Q. Q. Wang, P. Q. Fu, X. L. Pan, J. Li, J. Jayne, and D. R. Worsnop

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RC C3832: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Jun 2015
RC C3840: 'Comment on Long-term ... by Sun et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Jun 2015
- AC C5890: 'Reply to three reviewers' comments', Yele Sun, 13 Aug 2015
SC C4002: 'This manuscript is beyond the scope of this journal', Referee Anonymous, 25 Jun 2015

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AR by Yele Sun on behalf of the Authors (13 Aug 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (29 Aug 2015) by Willy Maenhaut

The authors have reasonably addressed the comments of the reviewers. However, a number of minor alterations are needed before the manuscript and its Supplement can be published in ACP.

For the main text:
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Lines 279-280: The lowest average concentration of NR-PM1 is not observed in July, but in April (2012) instead, as is also evident from Fig. 6.
Line 286: Replace "than the" by "than in the".
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Lines 692-711: "Huang et al. (2013)" should come after "Huang et al. (2012)".
Page 27, Table 1: The unit for the WS should be specified.
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We conducted the first long-term real-time measurement of submicron aerosol composition in Beijing using an ACSM for 1 year. The seasonal variations of mass concentrations and chemical composition of submicron aerosol were investigated in detail, and the meteorological effects on aerosol chemistry, particularly temperature and relative humidity, were elucidated. Finally, the potential source areas of aerosol species during four seasons were identified.