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Articles | Volume 22, issue 7
Articles | Volume 22, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-4355-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-4355-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 7
Research article
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05 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 05 Apr 2022

High atmospheric oxidation capacity drives wintertime nitrate pollution in the eastern Yangtze River Delta of China

Han Zang, Yue Zhao, Juntao Huo, Qianbiao Zhao, Qingyan Fu, Yusen Duan, Jingyuan Shao, Cheng Huang, Jingyu An, Likun Xue, Ziyue Li, Chenxi Li, and Huayun Xiao

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Particulate nitrate plays an important role in wintertime haze pollution in eastern China, yet quantitative constraints on detailed nitrate formation mechanisms remain limited. Here we quantified the contributions of the heterogeneous N2O5 hydrolysis (66 %) and gas-phase OH + NO2 reaction (32 %) to nitrate formation in this region and identified the atmospheric oxidation capacity (i.e., availability of O3 and OH radicals) as the driving factor of nitrate formation from both processes.
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