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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7389-2022
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Research article
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08 Jun 2022
Research article |
| 08 Jun 2022
| 08 Jun 2022
Spatial variability of air pollutants in a megacity characterized by mobile measurements
Reza Bashiri Khuzestani
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, BIC-ESAT and IJRC, College of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
now at: Faculty of Civil, Water and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Keren Liao
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, BIC-ESAT and IJRC, College of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, BIC-ESAT and IJRC, College of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Ruqian Miao
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, BIC-ESAT and IJRC, College of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Yan Zheng
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, BIC-ESAT and IJRC, College of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Xi Cheng
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, BIC-ESAT and IJRC, College of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Tianjiao Jia
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, BIC-ESAT and IJRC, College of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, BIC-ESAT and IJRC, College of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Shiyi Chen
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, BIC-ESAT and IJRC, College of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Guancong Huang
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, BIC-ESAT and IJRC, College of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, BIC-ESAT and IJRC, College of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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This work characterized the spatial variabilities of air pollutants in a megacity by advanced mobile measurements. The results show a large spatial heterogeneity in the distributions of PM2.5 composition and volatile organic compounds under non-haze conditions, and relatively uniform spatial distributions under haze conditions that may indicate a chemical homogeneity on an intracity scale. The findings improve our understanding of urban air pollution.
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