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Research article
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21 Feb 2023
Research article |
| 21 Feb 2023
| 21 Feb 2023
Elucidate the formation mechanism of particulate nitrate based on direct radical observations in the Yangtze River Delta summer 2019
Tianyu Zhai
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and
Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking
University, Beijing 100871, China
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and
Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking
University, Beijing 100871, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and
Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science &
Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Haichao Wang
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou
510275, China
Shengrong Lou
State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Formation and
Prevention of the Urban Air Complex, Shanghai Academy of Environmental
Sciences, Shanghai 200223, China
Xiaorui Chen
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and
Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking
University, Beijing 100871, China
now at: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Renzhi Hu
Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui
Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
Yuanhang Zhang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and
Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking
University, Beijing 100871, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and
Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science &
Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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- High-level HONO exacerbates double high pollution of O3 and PM2.5 in China C. Liu et al.
- Nitrate pollution deterioration in winter driven by surface ozone increase Z. Zhang et al.
- The application and uncertainty of the observation-based model in ozone and secondary aerosols simulation: A review J. Wei et al.
- A systematic review of reactive nitrogen simulations with chemical transport models in China H. Zhang et al.
- A Comparative Investigation of the Characteristics of Nocturnal Ozone Enhancement Events and Their Effects on Ground-Level Ozone and PM2.5 in the Central City of the Yellow River Delta, China, in 2022 and 2023 C. An et al.
- Urban black-carbon radiative heating intensified by biogenic–anthropogenic interactions Y. Zhang et al.
- Measurement report: High contribution of N2O5 uptake to particulate nitrate formation in NO2-limited urban areas Z. Lin et al.
- Global Soil Nitrous Acid (HONO) Emission Has Aggravated PM2.5 Pollution and Health Risks over the Last Century R. Li et al.
- Nitrate-driven extreme winter PM2.5 pollution in Shanghai, China G. Chen et al.
- Unexpected Trade-Offs of Fossil Fuel Reduction on PM2.5 and O3 Pollution Regulation Can Be Offset by Synergistic Control of VOCs Source G. Shi et al.
- The role of NOx in Co-occurrence of O3 and PM2.5 pollution driven by wintertime east Asian monsoon in Hainan J. Zhan et al.
- Investigating the vital influence of multi-factor synergies on the formation of nitrate on the surface of nano MgO particles L. Han et al.
- A Satellite-Based Indicator for Diagnosing Particulate Nitrate Sensitivity to Precursor Emissions: Application to East Asia, Europe, and North America R. Dang et al.
- Spatiotemporal Distribution, Meteorological Influence, and Potential Sources of Air Pollution over Hainan Island, China Y. Yu et al.
- Direct measurement of N2O5 heterogeneous uptake coefficients on atmospheric aerosols in southwestern China and evaluation of current parameterizations J. Li et al.
- Particulate-bound alkyl nitrate pollution and formation mechanisms in Beijing, China J. Yang et al.
- Unexpectedly persistent PM2.5 pollution in the Pearl River Delta, South China, in the 2015–2017 cold seasons: the dominant role of meteorological changes during the El Niño-to-La Niña transition over emission reduction K. Qu et al.
- Characteristics of PM2.5 Composition and Precursor Gases in Urban Seoul during 2021~2022 H. Lee et al.
- Characteristics of Wintertime Atmospheric PM1 in a Megacity in the Yangtze River Delta, China: A Comparative Study of 2015 and 2022 H. Meng et al.
- The seasonal variation of Asian dust, anthropogenic PM, and their sources in Dushanbe, Tajikistan K. Fomba et al.
- Prolonged daytime presence and oxidative impact of nitryl chloride, ClNO2, in winter urban environment W. Nam et al.
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Short summary
Particulate nitrate is a growing issue in air pollution. Based on comprehensive field measurement, we show heavy nitrate pollution in eastern China in summer. OH reacting with NO2 at daytime dominates nitrate formation on clean days, while N2O5 hydrolysis largely enhances and become comparable with that of OH reacting with O2 on polluted days (67.2 % and 30.2 %). Model simulation indicates that VOC : NOx = 2 : 1 is effective in mitigating the O3 and nitrate pollution coordinately.
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