大气中HONO来源的研究进展

由于亚硝酸(HONO)在大气中所扮演的重要角色如:OH自由基的前体物以及对臭氧和光化学烟雾形成的促进作用而引起科学界的广泛关注,然而对于大气中HONO的来源问题,特别是它的非均相形成过程目前尚未清楚.本文从HONO在大气中的重要意义及目前国际上对HONO来源的研究现状,特别是它的非均相形成机理进行了阐述;由于其在大气化学中的重要意义,提出我国开展大气HONO研究的重要性,并对其来源问题进行了讨论与展望.     

大气气溶胶组分及其粒度分布研究——分级采样和质子激发X荧光技术结合分析大气气溶胶一例

级联碰撞分级采样技术和质子激发X荧光微量元素分析技术(PIXE)的发展和结合使大气气溶胶的研究深入到确定组分及其粒度分布这一层次,本文以十级级联碰撞采样器采集的大气气溶胶PIXE分析为例,从大气气溶胶总量,化学元素组成及其粒度分布等方面描述了大气气溶胶特征     

兰州市不同季节大气微生物气溶胶粒径及分布特征研究

大气微生物对人类危害不仅与微生物气溶胶浓度和种类有关,而且大气微生物气溶胶粒径尺度大小及其分布特征也是重要的影响因素.在兰州市城关区选取不同环境功能区对其室外大气微生物气溶胶粒径(D,μm)大小及分布特征进行研究,结果表明,不同环境功能区大气细菌、霉菌和放线菌气溶胶粒度分布特征存在季节性分布差异,其中大气细菌气溶胶粒径...     

基于超级站多仪器联合观测的大气气溶胶遥感研究

大气气溶胶在气候变化、大气环境和人体健康等多个方面产生重要影响。遥感是获得气溶胶时空分布信息的重要手段,并且具有非破坏性、观测瞬时性、可获取整层大气信息等特点,因此在环保、气象等行业得到越来越多的应用。研究介绍了由多种监测仪器构成的中国科学院(北京)大气气溶胶遥感研究超级站的仪器配置、观测指标和相关研究方向,并阐述了其在4方面的具体应用:(1)针对沙尘、灰霾等典型过程的多仪器遥感联合观测;(2)将光学遥感拓展到气溶胶成分信息等前沿应用;(3)遥感获得近地面PM_(2.5)等环境关键参数的方法;(4)主被动结合的大气颗粒物垂直分布特性研究。通过超级站多仪器联合观测,可加强对大气气溶胶的全方位观测和分析,为环境研究提供综合数据支撑。     

合肥市冬季细颗粒物中碳组分特征分析

利用2020年12月1日至2021年2月28日合肥市细颗粒物(PM_2.5)、有机碳(OC)和元素碳(EC)等环境空气质量监测数据和气象观测数据，分析了合肥市大气PM_2.5中OC和EC的污染特征，并探讨了其来源以及气象因素影响。结果表明：合肥市冬季碳质气溶胶是PM_2.5中主要组分，随着污染程度的加重，碳质气溶胶的质量浓度逐步增加，但其在PM_2.5中的占比先减小后增加。在以PM_2.5为首要污染物的不同污染级别天气条件下，OC和EC的相关性说明不同程度下碳质气溶胶来源复杂。OC/EC表明机动车尾气和燃煤源排放是碳质气溶胶的主要来源。二次有机碳(SOC)会随着污染程度的加重而呈现升高趋势。OC和EC在冬季受温度影响较小；较大的相对湿度对OC和EC具有一定的清除作用，明显降水或连续降水的清除作用更加显著；而风速对含碳气溶胶的影响主要出现在污染天气背景下。     

灰霾期间气溶胶的污染特征

从颗粒物的时空分布和浓度水平方面综述了灰霾期间气溶胶的污染特征,介绍了灰霾期间气溶胶中金属元素、水溶性离子、有机碳和元素碳的浓度特征,以及颗粒物与能见度的相关性研究进展。指出:灰霾天气多发生在冬季,且气溶胶中PM2.5占的比重大;气溶胶污染与地理环境、气候条件、经济发展水平等有密切关系;水溶性离子多集中在PM2.5中;能见度的下降与气溶胶特别是细颗粒物有很大关系。提出目前灰霾研究中主要存在3大问题:一是对灰霾期间气溶胶中含有的有机物类别及其对不同季节发生灰霾的贡献率仍需进一步研究;二是灰霾期间气溶胶中有机物的形成机理尚不明确;三是不同源排放的气溶胶对灰霾形成的贡献率有待探讨。建议系统地开展大气细颗粒物有害成分的鉴定、源排放颗粒物的物理化学特性、扩散过程中各种物质间的反应和转化等方面的研究,为大气污染防治法规的制定提供依据。     

燃放烟花爆竹对城区和背景点气溶胶中高氯酸盐的污染研究

除夕夜至大年初一零时前后,是燃放烟花爆竹最多最集中的时段。作者分别同步采集了2007年春节期间在城区和环境背景点的大气气溶胶粗、细颗粒物样品,并对其中的高氯酸盐进行了比较研究。结果显示,燃放烟花爆竹时产生的高氯酸盐对大气气溶胶产生了非常严重的污染。城区气溶胶粗颗粒中的高氯酸盐较非燃放期平均值(2.154ng/m3)上升1 718.01%;细颗粒中的高氯酸盐较非燃放期平均值(1.640 ng/m3)上升503.04%。在环境背景点气溶胶粗颗粒中的高氯酸盐较非燃放期的平均值(0.653 ng/m3)上升了425.25%;细颗粒中的高氯酸盐较非燃放期平均值(0.317 ng/m3)上升了1 467.82%。     

IC法分析大气颗粒物水溶性离子的国内外研究进展

结合近十多年来国内外在大气颗粒物水溶性离子分析应用方面的研究状况,分别对大气颗粒物中水溶性离子基本特征、分布状况;离子色谱法对大气颗粒物水溶性阴、阳离子的分析方法;大气颗粒物水溶性离子与主要大气污染物和降水化学组成之间的关系;大气颗粒物中水溶性离子与大气降水化学组成之间的关系;大气降尘和沙尘暴尘(沙尘气溶胶)中的水溶性离子等有关的研究内容作了综述和展望.     

采暖期北京大气PM2.5中碳组分的分布特征及来源解析

在冬季采暖期采集北京大气中的PM_(2.5)样品,利用自动称重系统AWS-1和热/光碳分析仪测定样品中PM_(2.5)和OC/EC,研究碳组分的变化特征,并通过OC/EC的值和单颗粒气溶胶质谱仪(SPAMS 0515)分析大气颗粒物中碳气溶胶的可能来源。结果表明:PM_(2.5)污染天气的OC、EC在PM_(2.5)中的占比要比清洁天气时低,其中SOC在PM_(2.5)中的占比由清洁天气时的22.9%减少到了重污染天气的15.4%,这是因为大气中的PM_(2.5)有较强的消光作用,导致气溶胶的氧化能力降低,造成了SOC的生成量减少;通过分析OC/EC值表明,冬季采暖期北京大气碳气溶胶的主要来源为机动车尾气和燃煤,这与SPAMS 0515在线解析的结果一致。采用SPAMS 0515进行在线OC、EC分析,在PM_(2.5)质量浓度≤250μg/m3时同手工方法有较好的相关性。解析结果表明,燃煤和机动车尾气是北京冬季采暖期的首要污染物来源,占比分别为34.0%和26.4%。     

连云港黑碳气溶胶污染特征研究

采用2016年大气多参数站监测数据,分析连云港市大气中ρ(黑碳气溶胶)的小时及月度变化规律,结果表明,观测期间,黑碳气溶胶与NO_2、CO、PM_(10)、PM_(2.5)显著相关,与风速、能见度等呈负相关;黑碳气溶胶年均值为2.10μg/m~3,日变化呈明显双峰型,峰值出现在08:00和21:00左右;从季节看,ρ(黑碳气溶胶)冬春季高、夏秋季低;在不利气象条件时,ρ(黑碳气溶胶)有所增高,通过模型分析化石燃料燃烧产生的黑碳占比增大,说明在不利气象条件时,化石燃料燃烧产生的黑碳是影响ρ(黑碳气溶胶)及ρ(颗粒物)上升的主要因素。     

Deposition of Inorganic Particulate Aerosols to Vegetation - A New Method of Estimating

A new, direct method was developed for quantifying inorganic particulate aerosols trapped by the forest canopy, and for determining the resulting input of elements to a forest ecosystem. The method is based on direct measurements of only six parameters. Using this method, it is possible to determine the load of aerosols trapped by the forest canopy and deposited to leaves, as well as the load of aerosols falling to the forest floor by impaction on plants. It is also possible to estimate the aerosol input of soluble and insoluble elements to an ecosystem. With this new method it has been found that the load of aerosols trapped by the canopy of a mixed forest located in the Rybnik Coal Basin averaged 189.0 kg x ha-1 x growing season-1, or 39.3% of the total inorganic particles reaching the ecosystem. The trapped aerosols provided 13.4 kg x ha-1 of soluble nitrogen and 0.91 kg x ha-1 of insoluble nitrogen over the growing season. At the same time, the input of soluble nitrogen from the atmosphere with rainfall to an open area averaged 13.9 kg x ha-1, and the input of insoluble nitrogen with inorganic dusts averaged 1.4 kg x ha-1.     

The influence of metallurgy on the formation of welding aerosols

Recent research has indicated that insoluble ultrafine aerosols (ie., particles whose physical diameters are less than 100 nm) may cause adverse health effects due to their small size, and that toxicological response may be more appropriately represented by particle number or particle surface area. Unfortunately, current exposure criteria and the associated air-sampling techniques are primarily mass-based. Welding processes are high-temperature operations that generate substantial number concentrations of ultrafine aerosols. Welding aerosols are formed primarily through the nucleation of metal vapors followed by competing growth mechanisms such as coagulation and condensation. Experimental results and mathematical tools are presented to illustrate how welding metallurgy influences the chemical aspects and dynamic processes that initiate and evolve the resultant aerosol. This research suggests that a fundamental understanding of metallurgy and aerosol physics can be exploited to suppress the formation of undesirable chemical species as well as the amount of aerosol generated during a welding process.     

Characterization of physicochemical properties of beryllium aerosols associated with prevalence of chronic beryllium disease

Little is known about the physicochemical properties of beryllium aerosols associated with increased risk of beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium disease (CBD). Such information is needed to evaluate whether airborne mass of beryllium is the appropriate metric of exposure or alternatively to provide a scientific basis for using information on particle size, surface area, and chemistry to support an improved exposure limit based on bioavailability through the inhalation and dermal routes of exposure. Thus, we used a suite of analytical techniques to characterize aerodynamically size-fractionated beryllium particles and powders that have been associated in epidemiological studies with higher prevalence of CBD. Aerosol particles were sampled from the ventilation systems of production lines for powders of beryllium metal and beryllium oxide and for ingots of copper-beryllium alloy. End product powders from the metal and oxide production lines were also collected.Particles released during production of beryllium metal were found to be complex, having heterogeneous composition, including reactive species such as fluorine. Powders from beryllium metal production were of high purity with only a minor component of beryllium oxide. Both particles and powders from oxide production were high-purity oxide. Particles released during production of copper-beryllium alloy were heterogeneous, being predominantly copper oxides. Thus, all particles and powders contain at least some beryllium in the form of beryllium oxide.These data justify efforts to thoroughly characterize beryllium aerosol properties when performing exposure assessments. The data also suggest that differences in particle chemical composition, size, number, and surface area may influence bioavailability of beryllium and contribute to risk of CBD. However, a scientific basis does not yet exist to replace mass as the current metric of exposure.     

Monitoring of the natural environment by chemical speciation of elements in aerosol and sediment samples

The development of a monitoring network for chemical speciation of elements of aerosol and sediment samples collected at Lake Balaton has been carried out. Sequential leaching procedures for the determination of the distribution of elements in aerosols (3 steps) and sediments (4 steps) were used. These methods were recently successfully applied to describe environmentally mobile and stable fractions of toxic metals. In aerosol matrices the partition of elements was accomplished by particle size and chemical bonding. In sediments the distribution was performed by chemical bonding. The processes are called fractionation of elements. Particular attention was paid to distinguishing between environmentally mobile and environmentally immobile fractions because these represent the two extreme modes by which the metals are bound to solid matrices. The monitoring objectives were to assess pollution effects on man and his environment and to identify any possible cause and effect relationship between pollutant concentrations and health effects. The results of dry and wet deposition rates showed that most of the toxic metals were dissolved in an aqueous phase and the wet deposition played an important role. It has been found that, while the concentration of Cd and Pb in aerosols is low (0.7 and 29 ng m(-3), respectively), environmentally mobile fractions are considerable. Based upon the data it can be concluded that the effect of the anthropogenic sources on the quality of the lake is minor. This has been the first attempt to correlate speciation results between aerosols and sediments.     

Morphology,microstructure and chemical composition of single inhalable particles in Shanghai,China

The morphology, microstructure, and chemical composition of a variety of particles emitted from coal-fired power plants, steel plants, and vehicle exhausts, which are possible sources of particulate matter (PM) in the atmosphere, were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and compared with particle samples collected from urban atmosphere to identify the best footprint or the suitable indicator relating the existence of studied particles and their possible emitters by the morphology, microstructure, and chemical composition of the particles. The investigation indicated that the particles from these three sources are different in morphology, microstructure, and chemical composition. Sphere aggregates were generally the most abundant components, with silicon and aluminum as major elements. The urban air particulate contained particles similar to those observed in the power plant, steel plant, and vehicle exhaust samples suggesting that all three sources are contributing to the pollution in the city.     

Analysis for Chemical Characterization of Atmospheric Aerosols Application of X-ray Microprobe System and Double Thin Film Method

The X-ray microprobe system was applied to ultra trace characterization of single Kosa aerosols and non-Kosa aerosols simultaneously collected at Yasaka, Japan and TaeAnn, Korea. We demonstrated remarkable mass increase of heavy metals as well as soil components in individual particles during the Kosa event compared with the non-Kosa period at Yasaka. Backward trajectory analysis suggested that the Kosa samples were in the mixing state of mineral components and anthropogenic heavy elements. Double thin film method was applied to investigate the seasonal change of the mixing states of single sea-salt aerosols associated with chlorine loss due to the heterogeneous reactions between sea-salt particles and acidic gases. It was revealed that the percentages of both chloride-nitrate mixed particles and sulfate-nitrate ones were larger in wintertime than those in summertime and fraction of chloride-nitrate mixed particles increased with an increase of particle size. Comparison between the size-segregated bulk analysis and the single particle analysis demonstrated that remarkable chloride depletion occurred in coarse particles sampled on May in the former analysis, while chloride depletion in coarse particles was not marked in the latter analysis. The discrepancy attributes to the difference of the sampling time between both analyses because significant change of air mass route occurred during the bulk sampling after completion of the single particle sampling.     

Study of chemical composition and morphology of airborne particles in Chandigarh, India using EDXRF and SEM techniques

The elemental composition and morphology of aerosols, collected from March 95 to February 96 and March 96 to August 96 respectively in the city of Chandigarh, India is determined using Energy Dispersive X-ray fluorescence and scanning electron microscopic techniques. The elemental concentration levels are found to be higher by a factor of 2-7 in the spring season as compared to the rainy season. The concentration of spherical and non-spherical (i.e. elongated) aerosols is more in the spring season and is reduced drastically in the rainy season due to the prominent wash out effect of rains. More accurate particle classification and source identification is obtained when based on combination of chemical composition and particle morphology. Possible sources identified from this analysis are soil dust, Industrial activity, Agricultural and Garbage burning, Maritime aerosols and Automobile exhaust.     

Summer time haze characteristics of the urban atmosphere of Gwangju and the rural atmosphere of Anmyon, Korea

An extensive visibility monitoring was carried out simultaneously in the urban area of Gwangju and the rural area of Anmyon, Korea. This study examines patterns of visibility impairment and haze-forming pollutant concentrations on both sites resulting from natural and anthropogenic sources of gases and particles. Optical visibility measurements by a transmissometer, a nephelometer and an aethalometer provide aerosol light extinction, scattering, and absorption coefficients for both sites. In order to investigate the physico-chemical characteristics of atmospheric aerosols, aerosol samples were collected by various aerosol samplers at GJVMS (Gwangju Visibility Monitoring Station) and at KGAWO (Korea Global Atmosphere Watch Observatory), respectively. In addition, haze characteristics causing visibility impairment at those two sites were analyzed to obtain source contributions by regionally transported aerosols using grid analysis and display system (GrADS) from NECP reanalysis data. During the intensive monitoring period, ammonium sulfate was dominantly responsible for the fine particle mass loading at GJVMS, whereas organic carbon was the largest contributor at KGAWO. Light scattering by particles accounted for 52.8 to 81.3% of the range at the urban site, GJVMS and for 72.1 to 94.2% of the range at the rural site, KGAWO. Light absorption by the EC and NO₂ was between 14.5 and 34.8% at GJVMS, which was higher than the observed 1.1 ∼ 6.8% at KGAWO, respectively. Light scattering by aerosol was higher in the rural area than in the urban area. And organic carbon concentration was observed to be significantly higher than the concentration of elemental carbon at KGAWO. These haze-forming carbonaceous particles originate from anthropogenic pollutants at the urban atmosphere but they can be produced by natural environments such as marine and forest at the rural atmosphere.     

某石化工业园区大气中VOCs垂直分布的无人机监测研究

利用无人机对某石化工业园区地面至100 m大气中的VOCs进行监测，通过不同高度数据对比，总结该石化工业园区挥发性有机物的垂直分布特征，并分析其化学反应活性。监测结果表明，VOCs体积分数和总臭氧生成潜势随高度增加均呈下降趋势，地面和15~30 m高度的VOCs浓度及臭氧生成潜势基本一致。主要VOCs物种浓度垂直分布特征可分为均匀分布、随高度增加浓度不断降低、随高度增加浓度先升后降3种。含氧有机物和烷烃在大气中体积分数较大，主要特征挥发性有机物为丙酮、乙醛、乙烷、乙醇等；臭氧生成潜势贡献较大的组分为含氧有机物、烯烃和炔烃，关键活性物质为甲醛、乙醛、丁烯醛、正丁醛等。含氧有机物的体积分数和臭氧生成潜势贡献在地面至100 m高度都明显高于其他组分，应作为VOCs浓度和化学活性控制的重点。     

The Use of Atmospheric Dispersion Models in Risk Assessment Decision Support Systems for Pesticides

In the evaluation of potentially adverse effects oforganic chemicals such as pesticides on theenvironment the atmosphere may play an important role.After its release to the atmosphere the chemical willbe transported/dispersed in the atmosphere and finallyit will be removed either by atmospheric-chemicaldestruction or by deposition to the underlying soil orsurface water. In a risk assessment decision supportsystem both ambient concentrations and depositionfluxes must be known to evaluate the risk of directexposure (inhalation) or the risk of soil and watercontamination caused by deposition. This paperdiscusses the use of atmospheric dispersion models insuch risk assessment decision support systems.