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31 Jul 2020
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| 31 Jul 2020
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Contrasting sources and processes of particulate species in haze days with low and high relative humidity in wintertime Beijing
Ru-Jin Huang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, and Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth and Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Open Studio for Oceanic-Continental Climate and Environment Changes, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266061, China
Yao He
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, and Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth and Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Jing Duan
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, and Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth and Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Yongjie Li
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking
University, Beijing 100871, China
Yan Zheng
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking
University, Beijing 100871, China
Yang Chen
Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
Weiwei Hu
State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key
Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou
Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640,
China
Chunshui Lin
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, and Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth and Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Haiyan Ni
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, and Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth and Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Wenting Dai
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, and Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth and 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, and Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth and Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Yunfei Wu
Key Laboratory of Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Renjian Zhang
Key Laboratory of Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, and Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth and Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
School of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies,
Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road,
Galway H91CF50, Ireland
Jurgita Ovadnevaite
School of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies,
Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road,
Galway H91CF50, Ireland
Darius Ceburnis
School of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies,
Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road,
Galway H91CF50, Ireland
Thorsten Hoffmann
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg
University of Mainz, Düesbergweg 10–14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Colin D. O'Dowd
School of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies,
Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road,
Galway H91CF50, Ireland
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We systematically compared the submicron particle (PM1) processes in haze days with low and high relative humidity (RH) in wintertime Beijing. Nitrate had similar daytime growth rates in low-RH and high-RH pollution. OOA had a higher growth rate in low-RH pollution than in high-RH pollution. Sulfate had a decreasing trend in low-RH pollution, while it increased significantly in high-RH pollution. This distinction may be explained by the different processes affected by meteorological conditions.
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