Regional disparities in Preventive measures of COVID-19 pandemic in China. A study from international students’ prior knowledge,perception and vulnerabilities

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The COVID-19 pandemic needs immediate solution before inflicting more devastation. So far, China has successfully controlled transmission of COVID-19...     

世博会期间上海市大气挥发性有机物排放强度及污染来源研究

基于VOCs在线观测数据,对世博会期间（2010年5月1日～10月31日）上海大气VOCs的排放进行了估算;采用后向轨迹模型和聚类分析法,研究了不同大气污染输送通道下上海市空气质量和观测站点VOCs的变化;基于受体模型对上海市城区大气VOCs进行了污染来源解析.结果表明,世博会期间,上海市每小时排放的VOCs导致大气中VOCs浓度的增加量为（5.98±3.18）×10-9,该值比2009年同期低1×10-9左右.世博会期间,上海大气主要受偏东方向气流的影响,所占比例超过40%;其次是偏西风（25%）;偏南和偏北风共占约20%.受同一大气输送通道影响,观测点VOCs浓度与上海API值呈正相关,R2=0.599.受西北方向大气输送通道影响,本市空气质量最差,API值在70左右;其次是西南方向大气输送通道,API值在60以上;当本市大气受东面海洋上空输送气团的影响时,API〈50,空气质量为优.世博会期间,与机动车有关的排放最大,包括尾气和油气挥发,对上海大气VOCs的贡献约40%;其次是生产工艺和燃煤等工业排放,占30%～40%;溶剂涂料使用导致的排放约20%;夏季天然源排放的贡献在6%左右,也不容忽视.     

2015—2021年广州市臭氧和PM2.5复合污染特征及天气分型研究

利用广州市2015—2021年的地面观测资料和ERA5再分析数据集,统计了臭氧和PM_2.5的时间分布特征及两者同时出现高值(“双高”过程)的气象成因,并进一步用自组织神经网络(SOM)研究了高浓度臭氧和PM_2.5(浓度大于年第85分位数)对应的客观天气型.结果表明,2015—2021年,广州市臭氧浓度呈逐年上升趋势,而PM_2.5浓度则呈逐年下降趋势,臭氧逐渐取代PM_2.5成为首要污染物.“双高”日主要集中在春季和秋季,且秋季占比超过50%.当温度为20～30℃,湿度为30%～50%时,“双高”日出现的概率达到30%以上.基于天气分型方法,本研究发现在所有“双高”污染过程中,主要天气分型依次为：高压底后部型、变性高压脊型、副高+台风外围型、冷锋前部型;秋季发生“双高”污染时,天气分型依次为：副高+台风外围型和副高+弱冷高压脊型.     

广州暖季夜间臭氧增加事件的特征及一次水平输送个例分析

近年来,我国粤港澳大湾区臭氧污染问题日益突出,夜间臭氧浓度呈增长趋势.目前,大部分研究主要关注于白天臭氧的生成过程,而对夜间臭氧浓度不降反升现象的认识明显不足.本研究利用2014—2019年粤港澳大湾区中心城市广州的污染物观测数据,统计了夜间臭氧出现增加(NOE:nocturnal ozone enhancement,定义为夜间20:00—6:00臭氧相邻时刻增加量大于5×10^-9 (Part per billion,下同))的频率、出现时间、峰值浓度,结合ERA5再分析数据和常规气象观测数据分析了NOE事件的潜在成因及垂直和水平输送的相对贡献大小.结果表明,广州暖季(4—11月)夜间出现NOE事件的年平均天数为(59±11) d,主要发生于23:00—3:00.NOE事件造成的夜间峰值浓度可达到(33±10)×10^-9,明显高于不出现夜间臭氧增加(NNOE:non-enhanced nocturnal ozone,定义为夜间20:00—6:00臭氧相邻时刻增加量均小于1×10^-9)时的浓度((16±12)×10     

纳米零价铁硫化改性对印染废水中锑的强化去除机制研究

针对目前印染废水中特征污染物锑难以达标的问题,采用纳米零价铁(nZVI)并对其进行硫化改性(S-nZVI),研究了nZVI在硫化改性前后的除锑性能变化及吸附机理.表征分析显示,硫化改性后形成的FeS_x会使材料形成不规则的、具有复杂形态的FeS_x及FeO_x表面,增大了材料的比表面积;其次,FeS_x可以提高电子的转移效率,促进氧化还原反应的发生,使得少部分Sb(V)被还原为更容易沉淀的Sb(OH)₃或FeSbO₃;同时由于硫元素的存在,形成的无定型态铁氧化物更为稳定,不易向结晶态转变,而无定型态铁氧化物对Sb(V)的吸附效果要远高于结晶态铁氧化物;此外,锑也可以与硫元素结合形成稳定的锑硫化合物而从废水中去除.实验结果表明,投加量为60 mg·L^-1的S-nZVI能够使初始浓度为200μg·L^-1 Sb(V)的模拟印染废水和实际印染废水中总锑浓度处理至排放标准(<50μg·L^-1),体现出S...     

青岛近海不同天气下生物气溶胶中细菌浓度及存活率分布特征

细菌是大气生物气溶胶中最丰富、分布最广的微生物.利用FA-1撞击式生物采样器连续采集了2020年9月至2021年8月青岛近海大气生物气溶胶分级样品,并利用BacLight^TM试剂染色-荧光显微镜计数方法测定了死/活细菌浓度,分析其浓度与粒径的季节分布特征,并研究了雾、霾和沙尘等特殊天气对细菌浓度及粒径分布的影响.结果表明,采样期间青岛近海生物气溶胶中细菌浓度为(1.06±0.68)×10⁵ cells·m^-3,其中活细菌和死细菌浓度分别为(8.20±4.88)×10³ cells·m^-3和(9.74±6.72)×10⁴ cells·m^-3.细菌浓度分布具有季节差异,死细菌浓度春季、冬季最高,夏季最低;活细菌浓度则变现为春季最高,夏季和秋季较低,冬季最低.生物气溶胶中细菌浓度随月份存在变化,死细菌月均浓度最高值和最低值分别出现在2021年春季3月和夏季6月,而活细菌月均浓度最高值则出现在2021年春季5月,最低值在2020年冬季12月....     

长三角地区2017～2020年臭氧浓度时空分布与人群健康效益评估

近年来,我国臭氧(O₃)浓度呈升高趋势,成为仅次于PM_2.5影响空气质量的重要因素.为掌握长三角地区蓝天保卫战实施期间O₃时空变化特征和人群健康影响,采用莫兰指数和冷热点空间统计方法分析了长三角地区2017～2020年210个监测站点O₃浓度时空特征,并利用健康风险和环境价值评价法评估了长三角区域人群O₃暴露水平变化的健康收益.结果表明,2017～2020年,长三角地区O₃年均值和暖季均值的四分位数范围(IQR)呈现从高浓度向低浓度位移的趋势.暖季和冷季O₃浓度均值均呈现北高南低的空间分布态势.暖季O₃浓度均值在长三角北部和中部腹地城市出现高浓度O₃集聚的特征.区域O₃年均暴露浓度超过160μg·m^-3及以上的人口比例由2017年的72.3%降低至2020年的34.8%.三省一市人口加权年均O₃暴露浓度总体呈现下降趋势,但长三...     

Data quality evaluation and calibration of on-road remote sensing systems based on exhaust plumes

In recent years, with rapid increases in the number of vehicles in China, the contribution of vehicle exhaust emissions to air pollution has become increasingly prominent. To achieve the precise control of emissions, on-road remote sensing (RS) technology has been developed and applied for law enforcement and supervision. However, data quality is still an existing issue affecting the development and application of RS. In this study, the RS data from a cross-road RS system used at a single site (from 2012 to 2015) were collected, the data screening process was reviewed, the issues with data quality were summarized, a new method of data screening and calibration was proposed, and the effectiveness of the improved data quality control methods was finally evaluated. The results showed that this method reduces the skewness and kurtosis of the data distribution by up to nearly 67%, which restores the actual characteristics of exhaust diffusion and is conducive to the identification of actual clean and high-emission vehicles. The annual variability of emission factors of nitric oxide decreases by 60% – on average – eliminating the annual drift of fleet emissions and improving data reliability.     

Review of the influencing factors of secondary organic aerosol formation and aging mechanism based on photochemical smog chamber simulation methods

The formation and aging mechanism of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and its influencing factors have attracted increasing attention in recent years because of their effects on climate change, atmospheric quality and human health. However, there are still large errors between air quality model simulation results and field observations. The currently undetected components during the formation and aging of SOA due to the limitation of current monitoring techniques and the interactions among multiple SOA formation influencing factors might be the main reasons for the differences. In this paper, we present a detailed review of the complex dynamic physical and chemical processes and the corresponding influencing factors involved in SOA formation and aging. And all these results were mainly based the studies of photochemical smog chamber simulation. Although the properties of precursor volatile organic compounds (VOCs), oxidants (such as OH radicals), and atmospheric environmental factors (such as NO_x, SO₂, NH₃, light intensity, temperature, humidity and seed aerosols) jointly influence the products and yield of SOA, the nucleation and vapor pressure of these products were found to be the most fundamental aspects when interpreting the dynamics of the SOA formation and aging process. The development of techniques for measuring intermediate species in SOA generation processes and the study of SOA generation and aging mechanism in complex systems should be important topics of future SOA research.     

Vertical distributions of tropospheric SO2 based on MAX-DOAS observations: Investigating the impacts of regional transport at different heights in the boundary layer

Information on the vertical distribution of air pollutants is essential for understanding their spatiotemporal evolution underlying urban atmospheric environment. This paper presents the SO₂ profiles based on ground-based Multi-Axis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) measurements from March 2018 to February 2019 in Hefei, East China. SO₂ decrease rapidly with increasing heights in the warm season, while lifted layers were observed in the cold season, indicating accumulation or long-range transport of SO₂ in different seasons might occur at different heights. The diurnal variations of SO₂ were roughly consistent for all four seasons, exhibiting the minimum at noon and higher values in the morning and late afternoon. Lifted layers of SO₂ were observed in the morning for fall and winter, implying the accumulation or transport of SO₂ in the morning mainly occurred at the top of the boundary layer. The bivariate polar plots showed that weighted SO₂ concentrations in the lower altitude were weakly dependent on wind, but in the middle and upper altitudes, higher weighted SO₂ concentrations were observed under conditions of middle-high wind speed. Concentration weighted trajectory (CWT) analysis suggested that potential sources of SO₂ in spring and summer were local and transported mainly occurred in the lower altitude from southern and eastern areas; while in fall and winter, SO₂ concentrations were deeply affected by long-range transport from northwestern and northern polluted regions in the middle and upper altitudes. Our findings provide new insight into the impacts of regional transport at different heights in the boundary layer on SO₂ pollution.