Significant increase of summertime ozone at Mount Tai in Central Eastern
China

Sun, Lei; Xue, Likun; Wang, Tao; Gao, Jian; Ding, Aijun; Cooper, Owen R.; Lin, Meiyun; Xu, Pengju; Wang, Zhe; Wang, Xinfeng; Wen, Liang; Zhu, Yanhong; Chen, Tianshu; Yang, Lingxiao; Wang, Yan; Chen, Jianmin; Wang, Wenxing

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-10637-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-10637-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-10637-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 16

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26 Aug 2016

Research article |

| 26 Aug 2016

Significant increase of summertime ozone at Mount Tai in Central Eastern China

Lei Sun, Likun Xue, Tao Wang, Jian Gao, Aijun Ding, Owen R. Cooper, Meiyun Lin, Pengju Xu, Zhe Wang, Xinfeng Wang, Liang Wen, Yanhong Zhu, Tianshu Chen, Lingxiao Yang, Yan Wang, Jianmin Chen, and Wenxing Wang

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We compiled the available observations of surface O₃ at Mt. Tai – the highest mountain in the North China Plain, and found a significant increase of O₃ concenrations from 2003 to 2015. The observed O₃ increase was mainly due to the increase of O₃ precursors, especially VOCs. Our analysis shows that controlling NO_x alone, in the absence of VOC controls, is not sufficient to reduce regional O₃ levels in North China in a short period.