The role of naphthalene and its derivatives in the formation of secondary organic aerosol in the Yangtze River Delta region, China

Ye, Fei; Li, Jingyi; Gao, Yaqin; Wang, Hongli; An, Jingyu; Huang, Cheng; Guo, Song; Lu, Keding; Gong, Kangjia; Zhang, Haowen; Qin, Momei; Hu, Jianlin

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The role of naphthalene and its derivatives in the formation of secondary organic aerosol in the Yangtze River Delta region, China

Fei Ye, Jingyi Li, Yaqin Gao, Hongli Wang, Jingyu An, Cheng Huang, Song Guo, Keding Lu, Kangjia Gong, Haowen Zhang, Momei Qin, and Jianlin Hu

Fei Ye

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China

Jingyi Li

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

jingyili@nuist.edu.cn

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9763-500X

Yaqin Gao

State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of the Formation and Prevention of Urban Air Pollution Complex, Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, Shanghai, 200233, China

Hongli Wang

State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of the Formation and Prevention of Urban Air Pollution Complex, Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, Shanghai, 200233, China

Jingyu An

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3274-3306

State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of the Formation and Prevention of Urban Air Pollution Complex, Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, Shanghai, 200233, China

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China

Cheng Huang

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9518-3628

State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of the Formation and Prevention of Urban Air Pollution Complex, Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, Shanghai, 200233, China

Song Guo

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9661-2313

State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

Keding Lu

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9425-9520

State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

Kangjia Gong

Haowen Zhang

Momei Qin

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2583-6878

Jianlin Hu

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jianlinhu@nuist.edu.cn

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Naphthalene (Nap) and methylnaphthalene (MN) are key precursors of secondary organic aerosol (SOA), yet their sources and sinks are often inadequately represented in air quality models. In this study, we incorporated detailed emissions, gas-phase chemistry, and SOA parameterization of Nap and MN into CMAQ to address this issue. The findings revealed remarkably high SOA formation potentials for these compounds despite their low emissions in the Yangtze River Delta region during summer.

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