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Measurement report
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22 Dec 2020
Measurement report |
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Measurement report: dual-carbon isotopic characterization of carbonaceous aerosol reveals different primary and secondary sources in Beijing and Xi'an during severe haze events
Haiyan Ni
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 710061, China
Centre for Isotope Research (CIO), Energy and Sustainability Research
Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, Groningen, 9747 AG,
the Netherlands
Ru-Jin Huang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 710061, China
Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University,
Xi'an, 710049, China
Max M. Cosijn
Centre for Isotope Research (CIO), Energy and Sustainability Research
Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, Groningen, 9747 AG,
the Netherlands
Lu Yang
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 710061, China
Jie Guo
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 710061, China
Junji Cao
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 710061, China
Ulrike Dusek
Centre for Isotope Research (CIO), Energy and Sustainability Research
Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, Groningen, 9747 AG,
the Netherlands
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We present a simple conceptual framework based on elemental size distributions and enrichment factors that allows for a characterization of major sources, site-to-site similarities, and local differences and the identification of key information required for efficient policy development. Absolute concentrations are by far the highest in Delhi, followed by Beijing, and then the European cities.
Qiyuan Wang, Huikun Liu, Ping Wang, Wenting Dai, Ting Zhang, Youzhi Zhao, Jie Tian, Wenyan Zhang, Yongming Han, and Junji Cao
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 15537–15549, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15537-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15537-2020, 2020
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Light-absorbing carbonaceous (LAC) aerosol is an important influencing factor for global climate forcing. In this study, we used a receptor model coupling multi-wavelength absorption with chemical species to explore the source-specific LAC optical properties at a tropical marine monsoon climate zone. The results can improve our understanding of the LAC radiative effects caused by ship emissions.
Qiyuan Wang, Li Li, Jiamao Zhou, Jianhuai Ye, Wenting Dai, Huikun Liu, Yong Zhang, Renjian Zhang, Jie Tian, Yang Chen, Yunfei Wu, Weikang Ran, and Junji Cao
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 15427–15442, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15427-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15427-2020, 2020
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Recently, China has promulgated a series of regulations to reduce air pollutants. The decreased black carbon (BC) and co-emitted pollutants could affect the interactions between BC and other aerosols, which in turn results in changes in BC. Herein, we re-assessed the characteristics of BC of a representative pollution site in northern China in the final year of the Chinese
Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution.
Chao Peng, Yu Wang, Zhijun Wu, Lanxiadi Chen, Ru-Jin Huang, Weigang Wang, Zhe Wang, Weiwei Hu, Guohua Zhang, Maofa Ge, Min Hu, Xinming Wang, and Mingjin Tang
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 13877–13903, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13877-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13877-2020, 2020
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We investigated sources of carbonaceous aerosols in Beijing and Xi'an during severe winter haze. Elemental carbon (EC) was dominated by vehicle emissions in Xi’an and coal burning in Beijing. Organic carbon (OC) increment during haze days was driven by the increase in primary and secondary OC (SOC). SOC was more from fossil sources in Beijing than Xi’an, especially during haze days. In Xi’an, no strong day–night differences in EC or OC sources suggest a large accumulation of particles.
We investigated sources of carbonaceous aerosols in Beijing and Xi'an during severe winter haze....
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