Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-167-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-167-2018
Research article
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08 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 08 Jan 2018

Role of ambient ammonia in particulate ammonium formation at a rural site in the North China Plain

Zhaoyang Meng, Xiaobin Xu, Weili Lin, Baozhu Ge, Yulin Xie, Bo Song, Shihui Jia, Rui Zhang, Wei Peng, Ying Wang, Hongbing Cheng, Wen Yang, and Huarong Zhao

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This paper presents simultaneous measurements of NH3, other trace gases, and water-soluble ions in PM2.5 from May to September 2013 at a rural site in the North China Plain. Atmospheric ammonia and related parameters are characterised and the impact of ammonia on formation of secondary aerosols is investigated. The results presented in this paper may improve our understanding of the role of ammonia in aerosol formation.
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