广州地区大气棕色碳气溶胶光吸收特性

2014年冬季在广州番禺站利用校正后的7波段黑碳仪数据,计算棕色碳(BrC)在不同波长的光吸收特性,并结合气溶胶及气体成分在线监测仪(MARGA)和在线OCEC分析仪同步观测数据,分析了BrC的来源.结果表明:BrC在370、470、520、590和660 nm处对光吸收的贡献随波长增大而变小,不同波段的贡献分别为25. 9%、19. 7%、14. 1%、11. 6%和7. 7%; BrC光吸收系数、水溶性钾离子(K~+)和有机碳(OC)浓度大致呈现日间低,夜间高的趋势,说明生物质燃烧产物对BrC的光吸收系数贡献很大,傍晚附近农村地区逐渐活跃的秸秆燃烧活动和夜间稳定的边界层也有利于污染物累积; BrC光吸收系数与OC的比值在午后出现低值,说明二次有机气溶胶和老化的气溶胶的吸光能力较弱.相关性分析表明,BrC光吸收系数与K+离子和OC浓度的相关性最高,BrC光吸收系数与硝酸根(NO_3~-)和铵根(NH_4~+)离子也具有较高的相关性.

Optical Absorption Properties of Brown Carbon Aerosols in Guangzhou

In this work, we conducted measurements using a seven-wavelength aethalometer, an online OCEC analyzer, and a MARGA to investigate brown carbon (BrC) absorption properties and source origins during the winter of 2014 at Panyu station, Guangzhou. The results showed that the average absorption contributions of BrC decreased with an increase in wavelength, measured as 25.9%, 19.7%, 14.1%, 11.6%, and 7.7% at 370 nm, 470 nm, 520 nm, 590 nm, and 660 nm, respectively. Diurnal variations in BrC absorption and the concentrations of potassium cations (K⁺) and organic carbon (OC) was high at night and low during the day, which was attributed to biomass burning. This indicated that BrC was emitted from straw burning in rural areas and accumulated in the steady planetary boundary layer at night. Diurnal variations in the ratio of BrC absorption to OC concentrations showed a distinct dip during the afternoon, indicating that aged aerosol and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) had a weaker BrC absorption capacity. There was a good overall correlation between BrC absorption and K⁺ concentrations. BrC absorption was also moderately related to the concentrations of ammonium cations (NH₄⁺) and nitrate anions (NO₃^-).