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Characteristics of fine particle matter at the top of Shanghai Tower
Changqin Yin
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Health, Shanghai 200030, China
Jianming Xu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Health, Shanghai 200030, China
Wei Gao
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Health, Shanghai 200030, China
Liang Pan
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Health, Shanghai 200030, China
Yixuan Gu
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Health, Shanghai 200030, China
Qingyan Fu
Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center, Shanghai 200433, China
Fan Yang
Pudong New Area Environmental Monitoring Station, Shanghai
200032, China
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The particle matter (PM2.5) at the top of the 632 m high Shanghai Tower was found to be higher than the surface from June to October due to unexpected larger PM2.5 levels during early to middle afternoon at Shanghai Tower. We suppose the significant chemical production of secondary species existed in the mid-upper planetary boundary layer. We found a high nitrate concentration at the tower site for both daytime and nighttime in winter, implying efficient gas-phase and heterogeneous formation.
The particle matter (PM2.5) at the top of the 632 m high Shanghai Tower was found to be higher...
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