Impact of aerosol liquid water content and its size distribution on hygroscopic growth factor in urban Guangzhou of South China

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To investigate the dependence of hygroscopic growth factor (f(RH)) on aerosol liquid water content (ALWC) and its size distribution, a comprehensive campaign was carried out in urban Guangzhou in autumn 2015. Major chemical components in bulk as well as size-segregated PM2.5 samples, bulk PM10 mass, aerosol scattering coefficient (bsp) under dry and wet conditions, inline water-soluble inorganic ions (WSIIs) and meteorological parameters were synchronously measured. Mass fractions of hydrophilic chemical composition (e.g. SO42-, NO3- and NH4+) in PM2.5 and their mass median aerodynamic diameters (MMADs) were evidently larger under conditions of ambient relative humidity (RH) >60% than RH <60%. The estimated f(RH) by the revised IMPROVE formula and the Mie model based on filter-collected WSIIs concentrations was higher than and close to the measured ones, respectively, when RH < 60%, but was evidently lower than the measured ones when RH > 60%. A good linear correlation was found between the measured f(RH) and mass ratio of ALWC to PM2.5 when using the inline WSIIs concentrations, suggesting a strong dependence of f(RH) on the mass fraction of ALWC in PM2.5.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:789

Enthalten in:

The Science of the total environment - 789(2021) vom: 01. Okt., Seite 148055

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tao, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhisheng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Leiming [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yunfei [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Boguang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atmospheric aerosols
Empirical model validation
Hydrophilic chemical composition
Journal Article
Mass scattering efficiency
Particle size distribution

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Date Revised 22.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148055

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NLM328684392