Characteristics and Sources of PM2.5 and Its Light-scattering Properties with Different Chemical Compositions in Urban Area of Beijing

In recent years, the concentration of PM2.5 in the Beijing urban area has decreased with the increase in the proportion of secondary inorganic ions. In order to explore the characteristics and sources of the light scattering of PM2.5 with different chemical compositions, PM2.5 with its chemical components and scattering coefficient were continuously measured at hourly resolution in the Beijing urban area from December 2020 to November 2021. The components, scattering characteristics, and sources of PM2.5 were analyzed. The results showed that NO3- was the major component of PM2.5 in the Beijing urban area, and the ω(NO3-) and ω(SNA) were 24% and 46% in PM2.5, respectively. PM2.5 could be divided into six types according to mass concentration and component proportion. The occurrence frequency of the good-type was the highest during the study with a similar duration in the four seasons, and the ω(SNA), ω(OM), and ω(FS) were 32%, 32%, and 28% in PM2.5, respectively. The dust(D)-type and the OM(O)-type appeared mainly in spring and summer with the lowest frequency during the study. FS and OM were their major components, and the ω(FS) and ω(OM) were 66% and 46% in PM2.5, respectively. The OM+SO42-(OS)-type, OM+NO3-(ON)-type, and NO3-(N)-type appeared mainly in the afternoon in summer, in the early morning and morning in winter, and at approximately 07:00 every day in spring. Under the condition of low humidity[relative humidity (RH)<40%], the MSE of N-type PM2.5 was the highest (4.3 m2·g-1), and that of D-type PM2.5 was the lowest (2.1 m2·g-1), reflecting the high scattering ability of SNA. The MSE increased with relative humidity. Under the condition of high humidity (RH>80%), the MSE of all types of PM2.5 rose to 1.5 to 1.8 times the values under low humidity. The variation trends of SAE showed that particle size increased with the rising of RH level. Under non-high humidity conditions, the scattering coefficients reconstructed by the revised IMPROVE formula fitted well with the measured values at hourly resolution, the correlation coefficients were between 0.81 and 0.97, and the slopes were between 1.00 and 1.21 except for that of D-type. The N-type fitting result was the best. Under high-humidity conditions, the R and the slopes were from 0.82 to 0.84 and from 0.48 to 0.53, respectively. The annual Bsca was 203.8 Mm-1, and N-type PM2.5 contributed the most, accounting for 53%, in which the large particles of NH4NO3 were the major contributor. Bsca of good-type PM2.5 was 67.2 Mm-1, in which small particles of OM were the major contributor. Bsca was 1.5 times the annual Bsca(dry), whereas the Bsca values of SNA were 1.8 to 2.1 times the Bsca(dry). The peak value of NO3- and RH simultaneously appeared around 07:00, resulting in the maximum Bsca of NH4NO3 at this time. The peak value of SO42- and the Bsca of (NH4)2SO4 mainly appeared at 16:00 and at 04:00, respectively. The diurnal variation curves of OM concentration and Bsca were consistent, and the bimodal peaks appeared at 13:00 and 20:00, respectively. In spring and winter, NO3-, SO42- and OM mainly came from the plains east of the Taihang Mountains, and their potential source regions were not in any particular place in summer and autumn; the main potential source regions of FS were the northwest areas of Beijing in spring and autumn. The flow with high RH across the south and southeast of the north China plain and the eastern rim of Bohai Sea was likely to increase the weighted potential source contribution factor values of Bsca of SNA in this region.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

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Huan jing ke xue= Huanjing kexue - 44(2023), 2 vom: 08. Feb., Seite 658-669

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cao, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chen-Jing [VerfasserIn]
Jing, Kuan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Qin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Bao-Xian [VerfasserIn]
An, Xin-Xin [VerfasserIn]

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Beijing urban area
Diurnal variation
English Abstract
IMPROVE reconstruction
Journal Article
PM2.5 components
Potential source regions
Scattering coefficient

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Date Completed 13.02.2023

Date Revised 13.02.2023

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.13227/j.hjkx.202204163

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NLM352849843