Measurement report: Aircraft observations of ozone, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds over Hebei Province, China
Sarah E. Benish,Hao He,Xinrong Ren,Sandra J. Roberts,Ross J. Salawitch,Zhanqing Li,Fei Wang,Yuying Wang,Fang Zhang,Min Shao,Sihua Lu,and Russell R. Dickerson
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
Fei Wang
State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
Key Laboratory for Cloud Physics, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 21004, China
State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
Min Shao
College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Sihua Lu
College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Airborne observations of ozone and related pollutants show smog was pervasive in spring 2016 over Hebei Province, China. We find high amounts of ozone precursors throughout and even above the PBL, continuing to generate ozone at high rates to be potentially transported downwind. Concentrations even in the rural areas of this highly industrialized province promote widespread ozone production, and we show that to improve air quality over Hebei both NOx and VOCs should be targeted.
Airborne observations of ozone and related pollutants show smog was pervasive in spring 2016...
