Urban organic aerosol composition in eastern China differs from north to south: molecular insight from a liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (Orbitrap) study
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), 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
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg
University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10–14, Mainz 55128, Germany
Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140,
8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), 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
Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for
Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig,
Germany
Yun Zhang
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg
University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10–14, Mainz 55128, Germany
Lu Yang
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), 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 (SKLLQG), 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
Jie Guo
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), 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
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), 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
Jiajun Han
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street,
M5S3H6 Toronto, Canada
Here we present the detailed molecular composition of the organic aerosol collected in three eastern Chinese cities from north to south, Changchun, Shanghai and Guangzhou, by applying LC–Orbitrap analysis. Accordingly, the aromaticity degree of chemical compounds decreases from north to south, while the oxidation degree increases from north to south, which can be explained by the different anthropogenic emissions and photochemical oxidation processes.
Here we present the detailed molecular composition of the organic aerosol collected in three...
