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Origin and transformation of ambient volatile organic compounds during a dust-to-haze episode in northwest China
Yonggang Xue
Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics, Institute of Earth
Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Atmospheric and Haze-fog Pollution
Prevention, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Xi'an 710061, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change,
Xi'an 710061, China
Yu Huang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics, Institute of Earth
Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Atmospheric and Haze-fog Pollution
Prevention, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Xi'an 710061, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change,
Xi'an 710061, China
Steven Sai Hang Ho
Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics, Institute of Earth
Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno,
Nevada, USA
Long Chen
Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics, Institute of Earth
Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Atmospheric and Haze-fog Pollution
Prevention, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Xi'an 710061, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change,
Xi'an 710061, China
Liqin Wang
Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics, Institute of Earth
Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Atmospheric and Haze-fog Pollution
Prevention, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Xi'an 710061, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change,
Xi'an 710061, China
Shuncheng Lee
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR, China
Junji Cao
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics, Institute of Earth
Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Atmospheric and Haze-fog Pollution
Prevention, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Xi'an 710061, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change,
Xi'an 710061, China
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Particulate active metallic oxides in dust were proposed to influence the photochemical reactions of ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs). A case study investigated the origin and transformation of VOCs during a windblown dust-to-haze pollution episode. In the dust event, a sharp decrease in VOC loading and aging of their components was observed. An increase in Ti and Fe and a fast decrease in trans-/cis-2-butene ratios demonstrated that dust can accelerate the oxidation of ambient VOCs.
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