Organic aerosol volatility and viscosity in the North China Plain: contrast between summer and winter

Xu, Weiqi; Chen, Chun; Qiu, Yanmei; Li, Ying; Zhang, Zhiqiang; Karnezi, Eleni; Pandis, Spyros N.; Xie, Conghui; Li, Zhijie; Sun, Jiaxing; Ma, Nan; Xu, Wanyun; Fu, Pingqing; Wang, Zifa; Zhu, Jiang; Worsnop, Douglas R.; Ng, Nga Lee; Sun, Yele

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5463-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5463-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5463-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 7

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08 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 08 Apr 2021

Organic aerosol volatility and viscosity in the North China Plain: contrast between summer and winter

Weiqi Xu, Chun Chen, Yanmei Qiu, Ying Li, Zhiqiang Zhang, Eleni Karnezi, Spyros N. Pandis, Conghui Xie, Zhijie Li, Jiaxing Sun, Nan Ma, Wanyun Xu, Pingqing Fu, Zifa Wang, Jiang Zhu, Douglas R. Worsnop, Nga Lee Ng, and Yele Sun

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RC2: 'review of Xu et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jan 2021
AC1: 'Comment on acp-2020-1105', Weiqi Xu, 06 Feb 2021

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Short summary

Here aerosol volatility and viscosity at a rural site (Gucheng) and an urban site (Beijing) in the North China Plain (NCP) were investigated in summer and winter. Our results showed that organic aerosol (OA) in winter in the NCP is more volatile than that in summer due to enhanced primary emissions from coal combustion and biomass burning. We also found that OA existed mainly as a solid in winter in Beijing but as semisolids in Beijing in summer and Gucheng in winter.