Articles | Volume 24, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7467-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7467-2024
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01 Jul 2024
Research article |  | 01 Jul 2024

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

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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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