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12 Oct 2021
Research article |
| 12 Oct 2021
| 12 Oct 2021
Nonlinear responses of particulate nitrate to NOx emission controls in the megalopolises of China
Mengmeng Li
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Zihan Zhang
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Quan Yao
Statistical Bureau of Qingjiangpu District, Huaian 223001, China
Tijian Wang
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Shu Li
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Bingliang Zhuang
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Yong Han
Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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We establish the nonlinear responses between nitrate and NOx in China. Reduction of NOx results in linearly lower nitrate in summer–autumn whereas an increase of winter nitrate until an inflexion point at 40–50 % reduction due to the excess oxidants. NH3 and VOCs are effective in controlling nitrate pollution, whereas decreasing the SO2 and NOx emissions may have counterintuitive effects on nitrate aerosols. This paper helps understand the nonlinear aerosol and photochemistry feedback.
We establish the nonlinear responses between nitrate and NOx in China. Reduction of NOx results...
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