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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2125-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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12 Feb 2021
Research article |
| 12 Feb 2021
Evaluating the sensitivity of radical chemistry and ozone formation to ambient VOCs and NOx in Beijing
Lisa K. Whalley
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Eloise J. Slater
School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Robert Woodward-Massey
School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
now at: College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Chunxiang Ye
School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
now at: College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
James D. Lee
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Freya Squires
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
James R. Hopkins
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Rachel E. Dunmore
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Marvin Shaw
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Jacqueline F. Hamilton
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Alastair C. Lewis
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Archit Mehra
Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
now at: Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Chester, Chester, CH2 4NU, UK
Stephen D. Worrall
Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
now at: Aston Institute of Materials Research, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK
Asan Bacak
Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
now at: Turkish Accelerator & Radiation Laboratory, Ankara University Institute of Accelerator Technologies, Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Gölbaşı Campus, Ankara, Turkey
Thomas J. Bannan
Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Carl J. Percival
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Bin Ouyang
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
now at: Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, UK
Roderic L. Jones
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Leigh R. Crilley
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
now at: Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada
Louisa J. Kramer
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
William J. Bloss
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Simone Kotthaus
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
Sue Grimmond
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 40 Huayanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China
Weiqi Xu
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 40 Huayanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China
Siyao Yue
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 40 Huayanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China
Lujie Ren
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 40 Huayanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China
W. Joe F. Acton
Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, UK
C. Nicholas Hewitt
Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, UK
Xinming Wang
State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 511 Kehua Street, Wushan, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, GD 510640, China
Pingqing Fu
Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Dwayne E. Heard
School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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Short summary
To understand how emission controls will impact ozone, an understanding of the sources and sinks of OH and the chemical cycling between peroxy radicals is needed. This paper presents measurements of OH, HO2 and total RO2 taken in central Beijing. The radical observations are compared to a detailed chemistry model, which shows that under low NO conditions, there is a missing OH source. Under high NOx conditions, the model under-predicts RO2 and impacts our ability to model ozone.
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