燃煤电厂颗粒物中硫酸根与硝酸根离子的转化规律

燃煤电厂排放的颗粒物可以分为可凝结颗粒物（condensable particle matter,CPM）和可过滤颗粒物（filterable particle matter,FPM）.通过分析7个超低排燃煤电厂的湿法脱硫（wet flue gas desulfurization,WFGD）进出口和湿电除尘（wet electrostatic precipitator,WESP）出口烟气中CPM和FPM的SO₄^2-和NO₃^-浓度,揭示了这2种典型水溶性离子在烟道内的变化规律与转化特征.结果表明在WFGD前后,CPM中的SO₄^2-和NO₃^-浓度呈降低趋势,其降低率范围分别为43.12%~86.84%和17.99%~91.58%,而FPM中SO₄^2-和NO₃^-浓度呈增大趋势.在WESP前后,CPM中SO₄^2-和NO₃^-浓度呈增大趋势,增长率范围分别为21.05%~424.65%和13.51%~298.37%,而FPM中SO₄^2-和NO₃^-浓度呈减小趋势.在WFGD中,随着烟气温度降低和湿度增加,部分CPM会通过冷凝和团聚作用进一步转化为FPM;在WESP中,由于烟气一直处于低温、高湿的条件,烟气中存在的SO₂与NO₂会结合水蒸气发生氧化还原反应,进而经过协同作用促进CPM中SO₄^2-和NO₃^-的生成.     

Secondary organic aerosol formation and transport

A Lagrangian trajectory model simulating the formation, transport and deposition of secondary organic aerosol is developed and applied to the Los Angeles area, for the air pollution episode of 27–28 August 1987. The predicted secondary organic aerosol on 28 August 1987 represents 15–22% of the measured particulate organic carbon at inland locations in the base case simulations, and 5–8% of that at coastal locations. A maximum secondary organic aerosol concentration of 6.8 μg m⁻³ is predicted for Claremont, CA, during this episode. On a daily average basis at Claremont about 46% of this secondary organic aerosol is predicted to be a result of the oxidation of non-toluene aromatics (xylenes, alkylbenzenes, etc.), 19% from toluene, 16% from biogenic hydrocarbons (α-pinene, ß-pinene, etc.), 15% from alkanes and 4% from alkenes. The major uncertainties in predicting secondary organic aerosol concentrations are the reactive organic gas emissions, the aerosol yields and the partitioning of the condensable gases between the two phases. Doubling the reactive organic gas (ROG) emissions results in an increase of the secondary organic aerosol predicted at Claremont by a factor of 2.3. Predicted secondary organic aerosol levels are less sensitive to changes in secondary organic aerosol deposition and NO_x emissions than to ROG emissions.     

2017年厦门金砖会晤期间气象因素与管控措施对空气质量的影响

2017年厦门金砖会晤期间采取了大气污染临时管控措施,使AQI小时值和日均值均达到了双优的预期目标.本文根据管控措施实施的前、中、后阶段,厦门及周边城市大气污染物浓度的变化,对气象因素和人为因素的影响分别进行分析.结果发现,气态污染物对临时管控措施的敏感性最强,SO₂和NO₂的降幅（39.9%和25.6%）明显高于PM_2.5和PM₁₀的降幅（5.5%和4.8%）,台风外围带来的大风和降水可显著改变大气污染物的周期性变化规律.大气PM_2.5组成及SO₂/NO₂、SO₄^2-/NO₃^-、OC/EC和WSOC/OC等比值变化显示机动车（尤其是柴油货车）是本地区大气污染物的重要来源.控制变量分析显示,厦门金砖会晤期间气象因素对颗粒物和NO₂削减的贡献更大（20.3%）,而临时管控措施对SO₂的削减效果更明显（23.2%）,且有一半以上（51%~64%）的大气污染物来自外来源输送.     

利用SPAMS研究石家庄市冬季连续灰霾天气的污染特征及成因

2014年11月18~26日石家庄市发生了连续的灰霾天气.利用位于石家庄市大气自动监测站(20 m)的单颗粒气溶胶质谱仪(SPAMS)分析了细颗粒物的化学组成,根据石家庄市大气污染物排放源谱库对主要成分进行了来源解析,并结合颗粒物质量浓度和气象条件研究了该地区冬季灰霾天气成因.结果表明,石家庄市大气细颗粒物来源分为7类,各源示踪离子:燃煤源为Al,工业源为OC、Fe、Pb,机动车尾气源为EC,扬尘源为Al、Ca、Si,生物质燃烧源为K和左旋葡聚糖,纯二次无机源为SO-4、NO-2和NO-3,餐饮源为HOC.灰霾期间大气中主要含有OC、HOC、EC、HEC、ECOC、富钾颗粒、矿物质和重金属等8类颗粒,其中OC和ECOC颗粒最多,分别占到总数的50%和20%以上,OC颗粒主要来自燃煤和工业工艺,ECOC颗粒主要来自燃煤和机动车尾气排放.灰霾发生时含有NH+4、SO-4、NO-2和NO-3等二次离子的颗粒物占比升高,其中含NH+4颗粒增幅最大;EC、OC与NO-3、SO-4、NH+4在灰霾天气下的混合程度均比干净天气高,其中与NH+4的混合程度加剧最为明显.冬季采暖期煤炭的大量燃烧、医化行业工艺过程及机动车尾气等污染源排放的一次气态污染物(SO2、NOx、NH3、VOCs)和一次颗粒物在静稳天气中难以扩散而迅速累积,气态污染物发生二次转化形成硝酸铵、硫酸铵,而颗粒物之间通过碰撞形成二次颗粒物并发生不同程度的混合,从而导致大气能见度下降,以上是石家庄市冬季灰霾形成的主要原因.     

The removal of nitric acid to atmospheric particles during a wintertime field study

A field was conducted in Warren, MI, during the 1987/88 winter period to examined the reaction of HNO₃ with particulate salt from road deicing. Samples of gases and particles were collected on a daily basis over a 4-month period. If HNO₃ reacts with particulate salt, particles of sodium nitrate will be formed and gaseous hydrochloric acid will be released. Thus, during the periods of high salt concentrations, one would expect increases in HCl and particulate NO₃⁻ and a decrease in HNO₃. The effect was observed, although the total amount of NaNO₃ formed was not large. The increase in particulate NO₃⁻ did not appear in the large particle mode. Although more than 40% of the salt was present as very large particles (> 8 μm), most of the surface area was associated with small particles. Since the reaction occurred at the particle surface, the NO₃⁻ appeared in the small particle mode. Large-particle nitrate has been observed in association with sea salt and crustal particles and has also been attributed to reactions with HNO₃. These cases will be reconsidered based on the road salt results.     

钢铁行业典型烧结机污染物排放特征对比研究

钢铁工业排放是引起空气污染的重要原因之一,烧结工序又是钢铁行业中的排放大户.鉴于此,选取了一台工艺相对落后但仍在我国中西部地区大量存在的90 m2小型步进式烧结机和一台工艺较为先进的450 m2大型带式烧结机,对两台烧结机不同点位的SO₂、NO_x、颗粒物以及烟气Hg等进行实测,并对颗粒物中的元素、水溶性离子、OC和EC进行分析,从而获取不同技术水平、不同污控措施下烧结机污染物排放特征以及与2019年生态环境部办公厅印发的《关于推进实施钢铁行业超低排放的意见》中的超低排放限值之间的差距.结果表明:①烧结机头SO₂、NO_x、CO、颗粒物和烟气Hg排放浓度分别为54.69~123.04 mg/m3、187.28~312.58 mg/m3、6 746.04~7 790.83 mg/m3、11.04~19.93 mg/m3和78.97~2 537.07 ng/m3,烧结机尾颗粒物排放浓度为0.76~16.22 mg/m3,机头颗粒物以PM_2.5为主,占比为81.02%~91.49%,机尾颗粒物主要为PM₁₀,占比为71.17%~73.01%.烧结机头SO₂、NO_x、颗粒物以及烧结机尾颗粒物还需分别减排36.00%~71.55%、73.30%~84.00%、9.40%~49.82%和0~38.35%才能满足超低排放限值.②烧结颗粒物主要成分为K、Ca、Na、Mg、Fe、Cl-、SO₄2-、NH₄+、OC和EC等,其占比与烧结机类型、烧结原辅料以及污染物控制措施等因素有关,石灰石-石膏法脱硫后SO₄2-占比增加28.12%,活性炭移动床脱硫后EC占比增加2.15%.③布袋除尘器对烧结机不同粒径颗粒物和烟气Hg的脱除能力比双室五电场静电除尘器分别高出1.25%~5.06%和9.51%,活性炭移动床系统对烧结不同粒径颗粒物以及烟气Hg的去除效果分别比石灰石-石膏法脱硫系统高出9.40%~11.38%和4.31%.研究显示,不同工艺、不同污控措施烧结机大气污染物排放特征存在一定差异,SO₂、NO_x排放浓度与超低排放限值差距较大,烟尘排放浓度与超低排放限值差距较小.      

Measurement and evaluation of acid air pollutants in Chicago using an annular denuder system

The cyclone/annular denuder/filter pack sampling system (ADS) was used to collect and evaluate ambient air pollutants in Chicago. Eighty-one 12-h samples, equally divided into day/night intervals, were collected from April 1990 to March 1991. The chemical species measured were HNO₃, HNO₂, SO₂ and NH₃ in the gas phase, and SO₄²⁻, NO₃⁻, NH₄⁺, and H⁺ in the particulate phase.The ADS data were collected simultaneously with PM10 samples. The particulate matter was analysed for elemental composition. These compositions were combined with the ADS observations and subjected to evaluation using a chemical mass balance receptor model (CMB). From the CMB analysis, the sum of the contributions from soil (15%), mobile (14%), incinerator (2%), coal (0.6%), steel (0.3%) and refinery (0.2%) was 32% of the PM10. NO₃⁻, which was not included in the fingerprints, represented an additional 9% of the PM10. Residual SO₄²⁻ and residual organic carbon, possibly formed in the atmosphere, represented an additional 22 and 20% of the PM10, respectively, leaving only 17% from other unidentified sources. From the standpoint of source contributions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds, coal combustion (23%) and refinery emissions (23%) are the major contributors of ambient sulfur (with 49% from unidentified sources). Mobile sources (87%) contributed most of the ambient nitrogen (with only 2% from unidentified sources).     

Rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of OH and NO3 radicals and O3 with sabinene and camphene at 296±2 K

The rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of sabinene and camphene, two monoterpenes emitted from vegetation, with OH and NO₃ radicals and O₃ have been determined at 296±2 K and one atmosphere total pressure of air. The OH and NO₃ radical reaction rate constants were determined using relative rate techniques. Using rate constants of k(OH + isoprene) = 1.01 × 10⁻¹⁰ cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹, k(NO₃ + trans-2-butene) = 3.87 × 10⁻¹³ cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹ and k(NO₃ + 2-methyl-2-butene) = 9.33 × 10⁻¹² cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹, the following OH and NO₃ radical reaction rate constants (in cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹ were obtained: OH radical reaction; sabinene, 1.17 × 10⁻¹⁰ and camphene, 5.33 × 10⁻¹¹; NO₃ radical reaction; sabinene, 1.01 × 10⁻¹¹, and camphene, 6.54 × 10⁻¹³. The absolute O₃ reaction rate constants determined were (in cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹ units): sabinene, 8.07 × 10⁻¹⁷, and camphene, 9.0 × 10⁻¹⁹. These rate constants are compared to literature data for other structural-related alkenes and monoterpenes.     

两种典型污染时段鹤山市大气细颗粒污染特征及来源

PM_2.5和O₃浓度超标是我国大气污染的主要特征,研究两种典型污染时段的细颗粒化学组成、混合状态和来源对治理大气污染具有重要意义.2016年11月10—20日广东省鹤山市先后出现了PM_2.5和O₃超标的污染事件.污染期间,采用SPAMS（单颗粒气溶胶质谱仪）对细颗粒进行实时采样分析,共采集到有正负化学组成信息的颗粒422 944个,占总颗粒数的19.2%.基于单颗粒质谱数据特征,使用自适应共振神经元网络算法（ART-2a）,对单颗粒数据进行自适应分类.颗粒物划分为OC（有机碳）、EC（元素碳）、ECOC（元素-有机碳混合）、HOC（高分子有机碳）、Pb-rich（富铅）、Si-rich（富硅）、LEV（左旋葡聚糖）、K-Secondary（钾二次）、Na-rich（海盐）和HM（重金属）颗粒共10类.结果表明:两个PM_2.5污染时段EC颗粒和K-Secondary颗粒的占比高,EC颗粒分别占46.5%和61.1%,K-Secondary颗粒分别占14.3%和10.3%;O₃污染时段EC颗粒占比（39.4%）最高,其次是OC颗粒占比17.0%;两种污染时段OC组分与HSO₄-和NO₃-的混合程度都有明显的上升,说明污染有利于有机气溶胶的老化.由源解析结果可知,PM_2.5污染时段,细颗粒主要来源于燃煤、机动车尾气和扬尘,而O₃污染时段细颗粒主要来源于燃煤、生物质燃烧和扬尘;此外,两种污染时段燃煤源对细颗粒的贡献都有较大提升.研究显示,控制燃煤源的排放对污染物的降低有着重要影响.      

Suggestion on further strengthening ultra-low emission standards for PM emission from coal-fired power plants in China

China has established the largest clean coal-fired power generation system in the world by accomplishing the technological transformation of coal-fired power plants(CFPPs) to achieve ultra-low emission. The potential for further particulate matter(PM) emission reduction to achieve near-zero emission for CFPPs has become a hotspot issue. In this study,PM emission from some ultra-low emission CFPPs adopting advanced air pollutant control technologies in China was reviewed. The results revealed tha...     

基于达标约束的南京市环境空气质量情景模拟

以2030年南京市6项污染物达标为约束,在2015年大气污染物排放清单基础上,利用CMAQ模型分析了PM_(2.5)对南京本地不同前体物排放的敏感性,通过情景分析预测排放清单,模拟了4种减排情景的空气质量变化,最终获得达标约束下大气污染物总量控制指标.模拟结果显示,减少一次颗粒物PPM (primary particulate matter)排放对降低大气中的PM_(2.5)浓度最为有效;在周边地区减排的基础上,本地减少PPM排放对PM_(2.5)年均浓度下降的相对贡献可达88%,其次为NH_3、NOx、SO_2与VOCs减排,其相对贡献分别为10. 3%、5. 5%、3. 2%与0. 5%;相比2015年,4种情景下南京市主要大气污染物减排比例在22%～53%,未来控制活动水平对减排SO_2、NH_3与CO较有效,而NOx和VOCs末端治理方面还有较大空间;将SO_2、NOx、PM10、PM_(2.5)、BC、OC、CO、VOCs及NH_3的排放量分别控制在2. 43×104、8. 47×10~4、9. 42×10~4、3. 74×10~4、0. 19×10~4、0. 30×10~4、26. 56×10~4、13. 08×10~4及1. 50×10~4t以内时,预计南京市6项污染指标可以达到国家环境空气质量二级标准.     

Estimation of inorganic particulate matter in the atmosphere of Isa Town,Bahrain, by dry deposition

Inorganic particulate matter was sampled weekly during the period April 1985–April 1986 in Isa Town, Bahrain. The mean annual conductivity of water-soluble inorganic particulate matter was 59.99 μScm⁻¹; pH 7.5; total suspended solid 0.06 gdm⁻³; total dissolved solid 63.79 ppm; total hardness as MgCO₃ 86.80 ppm; as CaCO₃ 208.05 ppm; Cl⁻ 111.27 ppm; Na⁺ 2.18 ppm; and NO₃⁻ 0.006 M. Each shows seasonal variations in concentration. The average aerosols maxima were recorded in summer. The total suspended solid (TSS) mode of aerosol displays some change, with a mean in winter of 0.039 gdm⁻³ and a mean value in summer of 0.044 gdm⁻³. The aerosols data were influenced differently by some atmospheric parameters such as temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction.     

Air pollutant concentrations in Varanasi,India

This study reports the diurnal patterns in the concentrations of ozone (O₃), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), sulphur dioxide (SO₂) and total suspended particulate matter (TSP) in the urban atmosphere of Varanasi city in India during 1989. The city was divided into five zones and three monitoring stations were selected in each zone.Ambient concentrations of NO₂ and SO₂ were maximum during winter but ozone and TSP concentrations were highest during summer. The measured maximum concentrations (2-h average) were 150 and 231 μg m⁻³ (0.078 and 0.086 ppm) for NO₂ and SO₂, respectively, for the winter season. Ozone and TSP concentrations reached a maximum of 160 (0.08 ppm) and 733 μg m⁻³, respectively, in the summer. NO₂ and SO₂ concentrations peaked in the morning and evening. Peak concentrations of O₃ occurred in the afternoon, generally between noon and 4 p.m. Maximum concentrations of O₃, NO₂, SO₂ and TSP were measured in zones I and II, and minimum in zone V.     

成都市冬季相对湿度对颗粒物浓度和大气能见度的影响

利用成都市城区2015年12月的连续在线观测数据,如相对湿度（RH）、能见度、颗粒物（PM₁₀、PM_2.5和PM₁）浓度、气态污染物（SO₂和NO₂）浓度以及PM_2.5中SO₄^2-和NO₃^-浓度,探讨RH对颗粒物浓度和大气能见度的影响.结果表明,高颗粒物浓度和高RH协同作用导致低能见度事件.观测阶段,PM_2.5在PM₁₀中的平均比重为64%,表明成都市冬季细颗粒物污染严重;随着RH增加,PM_2.5/PM₁₀显著增加,表明高RH会加重细颗粒物污染.随着PM_2.5浓度增加,能见度呈幂指数下降;在相同PM_2.5浓度下,RH越高,能见度越低.当颗粒物浓度较低时,RH对能见度的影响作用较强;当颗粒物浓度较高时,大气消光主要由PM_2.5浓度控制,RH对能见度的影响减弱.当RH大于70%时,硫氧化率（SOR）和氮氧化率（NOR）的均值分别从0.27和0.11（RH小于40%）增长至0.40和0.19,表明较高RH对二次硫酸盐和硝酸盐的生成有显著的促进作用,二次硫酸盐和硝酸盐单独或协同影响空气质量.     

Ambient concentrations,scavenging ratios,and source regions of acid related compounds and trace metals during winter in northern michigan

Daily measurements the atmospheric cocnentrations of HNO₃, NO₃^-, NO₂, SO₂, SO₄²⁻, NH₄⁺, and several trace metals were made at the University of Michigan Biological Station over a 124-day period during the 1984–1985 winter. The composition of the daily precipitation was also determined. The relative contributions of scavenged NO₃⁻ and HNO₃ to the precipitation was estimated by assuming that the NO₃⁻ scavenging ratio was the same as that of trace metals with a similar particle size. Similarly, the SO₄²⁻ and SO₂ contributions were based on the scavenging ratios of NH₄⁺ and trace metals. On this basis, it was determined that the event median NO₃⁻ and HNO₃ scavenging ratios were 500 and 3500, respectively. HNO₃ scavenging accounted for 83% of the total scavenged NO₃⁻. Scavenging of SO₄²⁻ accounted for all the snow SO₄²⁻ in 67% of the events. In the remaining events, some SO₂ was scavenged, with a median scavenging ratio of 219. Overall, 67% of the snowfall acidity appeared to be due to HNO₃ scavenging. Backward air-mass trajectories that were calculated for each event were used to determine the general source regions of the acidic species. Snow associated with air masses from the south and west accounted for 81 and 75% of the deposited NO₃⁻ and SO₄²⁻, respectively.     

Atmospheric dry deposition on pines in the Eastern Brook Lake Watershed,Sierra Nevada,California

Atmospheric dry deposition to branches of Pinus contorta and P. albicaulis was measured during summer 1987 in a sub-alpine zone at Eastern Brook Lake Watershed (EBLW), eastern Sierra Nevada, California. Results are presented as deposition fluxes of NO₃⁻, SO₄²⁻, PO₄³⁻, Cl⁻, F⁻, NH₄⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Zn²⁺, Fe³⁺, Mn²⁺, Pb²⁺ and H⁺, and compared with other locations in California and elsewhere. Deposition fluxes of anions and cations to the pine branches were low, several times lower than the values determined near the Emerald Lake Watershed (ELW), another sub-alpine location in the western Sierra Nevada. The sums of deposition fluxes of the measured cations and anions to pine surfaces were similar, in contrast to the ELW location where the sums of cation fluxes were much higher than the sums of anion fluxes. A strong positive correlation between depositions of NO₃⁻ and NH₄⁺, as well as SO₄²⁻ and Ca²⁺, suggested that large portions of these ions might have originated from particulate NH₄NO₃ and CaSO₄ deposited on pine surfaces. An estimated total N dry deposition (surface deposition of NO₃⁻ and NH₄⁺ and internal uptake of NO₂ and HNO₃) to the forested area of the EBLW was 29.54 eq ha⁻¹ yr⁻ (about 414 g H ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹).     

深圳市2022年春季新冠疫情管控期间空气质量分析

短期减排是我国城市应对大气污染事件的重要应急管控手段,但短期减排的效益尚未得到完善分析.2022年3月14～20日,广东省深圳市为抑制新冠疫情传播实施了全市管控,为评估短期减排对华南城市春季空气质量的影响提供独特机会.结合深圳市高精度环境空气质量监测与气象观测等多源数据,分析了深圳市管控期间前后的空气质量变化.此次管控前和管控期中均有部分日期天气形势静稳,局地污染水平主要反映本地排放,有利于分析本地减排的影响.观测与WRF-GC区域化学模拟都表明,与珠三角周边城市相比,深圳市管控期间由于市内交通源排放显著减少,深圳市二氧化氮(NO₂)浓度降低(-26±9.5)%,可吸入颗粒物(PM₁₀)浓度降低(-28±6.4)%,细颗粒物(PM_2.5)浓度降低(-20±8.2)%,但臭氧(O₃)浓度无显著变化[(-1.0±6.5)%].TROPOMI卫星观测的甲醛和二氧化氮柱浓度数据对比表明,2022年春季珠三角臭氧光化学主要受挥发性有机物(VOCs)浓度控制,对氮氧化物浓度降低不敏感,反而可能因氮氧化物对臭氧滴...     

Evaluating the influence of air pollution on solar radiation observations over the coastal region of Alicante (Southeastern Spain)

The present study evaluates ground-based downward surface shortwave radiation (R_s) over the coastal region of Alicante (Southeastern Spain). Hourly measurements collected over the eleven-year period 2010-2020 are used. Two weather stations located over the region capital, Alicante, have been selected as representative of urban and suburban typologies. Two additional weather stations far from the city have been selected representing rural typologies. R_s is significantly reduced over the urban station during the morning hours within the winter season compared to the observations recorded over the suburban and rural stations, with a global mean difference of -81 and -120 W/m² at 10 LT, respectively. However, no significant differences are obtained during the midday sun, with a global mean difference of -20 W/m² between the urban and rural stations. With the aim of explaining these differences, the current paper investigates the relationship between R_s and different air pollutants: NO_x, SO₂, and fine particulate matter (PM_2.5 and PM₁₀) as well as the wind field measured at the urban and suburban stations. The results found in this work point towards a close relationship between R_s and NO_x concentrations annual cycles, which are also influenced by the prevailing wind circulations observed over the study area. A global mean NO_x concentration of 107 µg/m³ is observed over the urban station at 10 LT during the winter season. In contrast, these high concentrations are significantly reduced over the suburban station, with global mean value of 40 µg/m³ at 10 LT, for this period of the year.     

Photochemical formation of particulate dicarboxylic acids under long-range transport in central Japan

Long-range transport (LRT) of photochemical air pollution from the coastal area with large emission sources to the inland mountainous region occurs very frequently in the central Japan region on clear summer days. It is caused by local winds and the transport route is almost-fixed geographically. Along this route, behavior of dicarboxylic acids in the airborne aerosols was investigated in the cooperative field observation of meteorology and chemistry. Measurements were made every 3-h at inland sites.The concentrations of dicarboxylic acids as well as NO₃⁻ and total organic C increased in the daytime and decreased at night. The maximum are attained when the transported air mass was arrived at the sampling sites. These diurnal variations were similar to that of O₃.In the daytime, although the phthalates (di-n-butyl and dioctyl), n-alkanes (C₂₁C₃₂) and pinon aldehyde were abundant in the airborne aerosols, the dicarboxylic acids (C₂C₁₀) were the most abundant species and the total concentrations attained from 30 to 50% of the total organic particulate matter. In addition, of the dicarboxylic acids, more than 70% were estimated to be produced by photochemical reactions in the daytime. Thus, it was concluded that most of the dicarboxylic acids were produced by the photochemical oxidation of anthropogenic compounds during LRT.     

Aerosol scattering coefficients and major chemical compositions of fine particles observed at a rural site in the central Pearl River Delta, South China

During November-December 2010 aerosol scattering coefficients were monitored using a single-waved (525 nm) Nephelometer at a regional monitoring station in the central Pearl River Delta region and 24-hr fine particle (PM_2.5) samples were also collected during the period using quartz filters for the analysis of major chemical components including organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), sulfate, nitrate and ammonium. In average, these five components accounted for about 85% of PM_2.5 mass and contributed 42% (OC), 19% (SO₄^2-), 12% (NO₃^-), 8.4% (NH₄⁺) and 3.7% (EC), to PM_2.5 mass. A relatively higher mass scattering efficiency of 5.3 m²/g was obtained for fine particles based on the linear regression between scattering coefficients and PM_2.5 mass concentrations. Chemical extinction budget based on IMPROVE approach revealed that ammonium sulfate, particulate organic matter, ammonium nitrate and EC in average contributed about 32%, 28%, 20% and 6% to the light extinction coefficients, respectively.