Elevated levels of OH observed in haze events during wintertime in central Beijing

Slater, Eloise J.; Whalley, Lisa K.; Woodward-Massey, Robert; Ye, Chunxiang; Lee, James D.; Squires, Freya; Hopkins, James R.; Dunmore, Rachel E.; Shaw, Marvin; Hamilton, Jacqueline F.; Lewis, Alastair C.; Crilley, Leigh R.; Kramer, Louisa; Bloss, William; Vu, Tuan; Sun, Yele; Xu, Weiqi; Yue, Siyao; Ren, Lujie; Acton, W. Joe F.; Hewitt, C. Nicholas; Wang, Xinming; Fu, Pingqing; Heard, Dwayne E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14847-2020

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Elevated levels of OH observed in haze events during wintertime in central Beijing

Eloise J. Slater, Lisa K. Whalley, Robert Woodward-Massey, Chunxiang Ye, James D. Lee, Freya Squires, James R. Hopkins, Rachel E. Dunmore, Marvin Shaw, Jacqueline F. Hamilton, Alastair C. Lewis, Leigh R. Crilley, Louisa Kramer, William Bloss, Tuan Vu, Yele Sun, Weiqi Xu, Siyao Yue, Lujie Ren, W. Joe F. Acton, C. Nicholas Hewitt, Xinming Wang, Pingqing Fu, and Dwayne E. Heard

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RC1: 'Anonymous Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Jun 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Dwayne Heard, 17 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Review of Elevated levels of OH observed in haze events during wintertime in central Beijing', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Dwayne Heard, 17 Aug 2020
RC3: 'Review of Slater et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Jun 2020
- AC3: 'Response to Reviewer 3', Dwayne Heard, 17 Aug 2020

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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 Aug 2020) by Frank Keutsch

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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (14 Sep 2020)

AR by Lorena Grabowski on behalf of the Authors (03 Sep 2020) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (24 Sep 2020) by Frank Keutsch

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The paper details atmospheric chemistry in a megacity (Beijing), focussing on radicals which mediate the formation of secondary pollutants such as ozone and particles. Highly polluted conditions were experienced, including the highest ever levels of nitric oxide (NO), with simultaneous radical measurements. Radical concentrations were large during "haze" events, demonstrating active photochemistry. Modelling showed that our understanding of the chemistry at high NO_x levels is incomplete.