Long-distance mobile MAX-DOAS observations of NO2 and SO2 over the North China Plain and identification of regional transport and power plant emissions

2020 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
pp. 105037
Author(s):  
Wei Tan ◽  
Cheng Liu ◽  
Shanshan Wang ◽  
Haoran Liu ◽  
Yizhi Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Regional Transport ◽  
The North ◽  
Power Plant Emissions ◽  
The North China Plain ◽  
Plant Emissions

Long distance mobile MAX-DOAS observation of NO2 and SO2 over the North China Plain, and identification of regional transport and emission of power plant

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Tan ◽  
Cheng Liu ◽  
Shanshan Wang ◽  
Haoran Liu ◽  
Yizhi Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
Anhui Province ◽  
Atmospheric Environment ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
The North ◽  
The North China Plain ◽  
Emission Fluxes

<p>In this study, the spatial-temporal distribution of the NO<sub>2</sub> and SO<sub>2 </sub>Vertical Columns Densities (VCDs) in the North China Plain (NCP) region was achieved by the long-distance mobile measurements using the mobile Multi-Axis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) instrument. The mobile observations were taken in both summer (July 2017) and winter (January and February 2018) and the total driving mileage exceeded 3000 km. The concentrations of NO<sub>2</sub> and SO<sub>2</sub> pollution in different seasons and places were significantly different. During winter observations, the serious NO<sub>2</sub> and SO<sub>2</sub> pollution were both observed in northern Anhui province, central Shandong province, and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region. The evolution and transportation process of the three typical heavy pollution cases were discussed in detail. Combined with the WRF-chem simulated wind field information, the NO<sub>2</sub> transportation flux from the northern Jiangsu province to the northern Anhui province was quantified to be 7.12 kg s<sup>-1</sup>. Finally, we estimated the NO<sub>2</sub> and SO<sub>2</sub> emissions from the Dezhou and Hengshui power plants by the plume cross section scanning observation and encircled observation methods, respectively. The NO<sub>2</sub> and SO<sub>2</sub> emission fluxes of the Dezhou power plant are 0.79 and 1.11 kg s<sup>-1</sup>, while the NO<sub>2</sub> and SO<sub>2</sub> emission fluxes of the Hengshui power plant are 0.12 and 0.36 kg s<sup>-1</sup>. This study has quantitatively analyzed the transportations of atmospheric pollutants and emissions of power plants, which is helpful to understand the occurrence and evolution of pollution and also useful for the government to put forward some policies to protect and control the atmospheric environment.</p>

scholarly journals Insights into particulate matter pollution in the North China Plain during wintertime: Local contribution or regional transport?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiarui Wu ◽  
Naifang Bei ◽  
Yuan Wang ◽  
Xia Li ◽  
Suixin Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Source Apportionment ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
Regional Transport ◽  
The North ◽  
The North China Plain ◽  
Haze Event ◽  
Non Local ◽  
Local Emissions

Abstract. Accurate identification and quantitative source apportionment of fine particulate matters (PM2.5) provide an important prerequisite for design and implementation of emission control strategies to reduce PM pollution. Therefore, a source-oriented version of the WRF-Chem model is developed in the study to make source apportionment of PM2.5 in the North China Plain (NCP). A persistent and heavy haze event occurred in the NCP from 05 December 2015 to 04 January 2016 is simulated using the model as a case study to quantify PM2.5 contributions of local emissions and regional transport. Results show that local and non-local emissions contribute 36.3 % and 63.7 % of the PM2.5 mass in Beijing during the haze event on average. When Beijing's air quality is excellent or good in terms of hourly PM2.5 concentrations, local emissions dominate the PM2.5 mass with contributions exceeding 50 %. However, when the air quality is severely polluted, the PM2.5 contribution of non-local emissions is around 75 %. The non-local emissions also dominate the Tianjin's air quality, with average PM2.5 contributions exceeding 70 %. The PM2.5 level in Hebei and Shandong is generally controlled by local emissions, but in Henan, local and non-local emissions play an almost equivalent role in the PM2.5 level, except when the air quality is severely polluted, with non-local PM2.5 contributions of over 60 %. Additionally, the primary aerosol species are generally dominated by local emissions with the average contribution exceeding 50%. However, the source apportionment of secondary aerosols shows more evident regional characteristics. Therefore, except cooperation with neighboring provinces to carry out strict emission mitigation measures, reducing primary aerosols constitutes the priority to alleviate PM pollution in the NCP, especially in Beijing and Tianjin.

scholarly journals Distribution and Sources of Air pollutants in the North China Plain Based on On-Road Mobile Measurements

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Zhu ◽  
Jiping Zhang ◽  
Junxia Wang ◽  
Wenyuan Chen ◽  
Yiqun Han ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollutants ◽  
Ultrafine Particles ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
Regional Transport ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Model Studies ◽  
The North ◽  
The North China Plain ◽  
Local Emissions

Abstract. The North China Plain (NCP) has been experiencing severe air pollution problems with rapid economic growth and urbanisation. Many field and model studies have examined the distribution of air pollutants in the NCP, but convincing results have not been achieved mainly due to a lack of direct measurements of pollutants over large areas. Here, we employed a mobile laboratory to observe the main air pollutants in a large part of the NCP from June 11 to July 15, 2013. High median concentrations of sulphur dioxide (SO2) (12 ppb), nitrogen oxides (NOx) (NO + NO2; 452 ppb), carbon monoxide (CO) (956 ppb), black carbon (BC; 5.5 μg m−3) and ultrafine particles (28 350 cm−3) were measured. Most of the high values, i.e., 95 percentile concentrations, were distributed near large cities, suggesting the influence of local emissions. In addition, we analysed the regional transport of SO2 and CO, relatively long-lived pollutants, based on our mobile observations together with wind field and satellite data analyses. Our results suggested that, for border areas of the NCP, wind from outside would have a diluting effect on pollutants, while south winds would bring in pollutants accumulated during transport through other parts of the NCP. For the central NCP, the concentrations of pollutants were likely to remain at high levels, partly due to the influence of regional transport by prevalent south–north winds over the NCP and partly by local emissions.

Estimating the contribution of regional transport to PM 2.5 air pollution in a rural area on the North China Plain

2017 ◽  
Vol 583 ◽  
pp. 280-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongsheng Chen ◽  
Xiangxue Liu ◽  
Jianlei Lang ◽  
Ying Zhou ◽  
Lin Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
Regional Transport ◽  
Pm 2.5 ◽  
The North ◽  
The North China Plain

scholarly journals Seasonal variations in the highly time-resolved aerosol composition, sources and chemical processes of background submicron particles in the North China Plain

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 4521-4539
Author(s):  
Jiayun Li ◽  
Liming Cao ◽  
Wenkang Gao ◽  
Lingyan He ◽  
Yingchao Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidation State ◽  
Seasonal Variations ◽  
North China Plain ◽  
North China ◽  
Organic Aerosol ◽  
Submicron Particles ◽  
Regional Transport ◽  
The North ◽  
The North China Plain ◽  
Four Seasons

Abstract. For the first time in the North China Plain (NCP) region, we investigated the seasonal variations in submicron particles (NR-PM1) and their chemical composition at a background mountainous site of Xinglong using an Aerodyne high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer. The average concentration of NR-PM1 was highest in autumn (15.1 µg m−3) and lowest in summer (12.4 µg m−3), with a greater abundance of nitrate in spring (34 %), winter (31 %) and autumn (34 %) and elevated organics (40 %) and sulfate (38 %) in summer. PM1 in Xinglong showed higher acidity in summer and moderate acidity in spring, autumn and winter, with average pH values of 2.7±0.6, 4.2±0.7, 3.5±0.5 and 3.7±0.6, respectively, which is higher than those estimated in the United States and Europe. The size distribution of all PM1 species showed a consistent accumulation mode peaking at approximately 600–800 nm (dva), indicating a highly aged and internally mixed nature of the background aerosols, which was further supported by the source appointment results using positive matrix factorization and multilinear engine analysis. Significant contributions of aged secondary organic aerosol (SOA) in organic aerosol (OA) were resolved in all seasons (>77 %), especially in summer. The oxidation state and the process of evolution of OAs in the four seasons were further investigated, and an enhanced carbon oxidation state (−0.45–0.10) and O/C (0.54–0.75) and OM/OC (1.86–2.13) ratios – compared with urban studies – were observed, with the highest oxidation state appearing in summer, likely because of the relatively stronger photochemical processing that dominated the formation processes of both less oxidized OA (LO-OOA) and more oxidized OA (MO-OOA). Aqueous-phase processing also contributed to the SOA formation and prevailed in winter, with the share to MO-OOA being more important than that to LO-OOA. In addition, regional transport also played an important role in the variations in SOA. Especially in summer, continuous increases in SOA concentration as a function of odd oxygen (Ox=O3+NO2) were found to be associated with the increases in wind speed. Furthermore, backward trajectory analysis showed that higher concentrations of submicron particles were associated with air masses transported short distances from the southern regions in all four seasons, while long-range transport from Inner Mongolia (western and northern regions) also contributed to summertime particulate pollution in the background areas of the NCP. Our results illustrate that the background particles in the NCP are influenced significantly by aging processes and regional transport, and the increased contribution of aerosol nitrate highlights how regional reductions in nitrogen oxide emissions are critical for remedying occurrence of nitrate-dominated haze events over the NCP.

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