Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6318204 | Environmental Pollution | 2014 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The chemical composition of Beijing aerosol was measured during summer and winter. Two distinct episodes were identified. Water-soluble potassium (K+) increased significantly during the firework episode in winter with an episode to non-episode ratio of 4.97, whereas the biomass burning (BB) episode in summer was characterized by high episode to non-episode ratios of levoglucosan (6.38) and K+ (6.90). The BB and firework episodes had only a minor influence on the water-soluble OC (organic carbon) to OC ratio. Based on separate investigations of episode and non-episode periods, it was found that: (i) sulfate correlated strongly with both relative humidity and nitrate during the typical winter period presumably indicating the importance of the aqueous-phase oxidation of sulfur dioxide by nitrogen dioxide, (ii) oxalate and WSOC during both winter and summer in Beijing were mainly due to secondary formation, and (iii) high humidity can significantly enhance the formation potential of WSOC in winter.
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Authors
Yuan Cheng, Guenter Engling, Ke-bin He, Feng-kui Duan, Zhen-yu Du, Yong-liang Ma, Lin-lin Liang, Zi-feng Lu, Jiu-meng Liu, Mei Zheng, Rodney J. Weber,