Articles | Volume 19, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9413-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9413-2019
Research article
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23 Jul 2019
Research article |  | 23 Jul 2019

The impact of aerosols on photolysis frequencies and ozone production in Beijing during the 4-year period 2012–2015

Wenjie Wang, Xin Li, Min Shao, Min Hu, Limin Zeng, Yusheng Wu, and Tianyi Tan

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We quantitatively evaluated the relationship between photolysis frequencies and AOD based on 4 years of observational data in Beijing. This study concludes that the influence of aerosol on photolysis frequencies and thus on the rate of oxidation of VOCs and NOx to ozone is important for determining the atmospheric effects of controlling the precursor emissions of these two important air pollutants (aerosols and ozone).
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