Increasing atmospheric oxidizing capacity weakens emission mitigation effort in Beijing during autumn haze events

Tian Feng; Shuyu Zhao; Naifang Bei; Suixin Liu; Guohui Li

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130855

Increasing atmospheric oxidizing capacity weakens emission mitigation effort in Beijing during autumn haze events

Tian Feng
, Shuyu Zhao
, Naifang Bei
, Suixin Liu
, Guohui Li

School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering

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Abstract

Although strict mitigation measures have been implemented since 2013 in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH), China, air pollution still frequently occurs. Observations reveal that during pollution episodes in autumn, fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) concentrations have not decreased, and particularly, ozone (O₃) concentrations have increased remarkably from 2013 to 2015 in Beijing. Additionally, a concurrence of O₃ and particulate pollution with high secondary aerosol contributions has been observed frequently, indicating high atmospheric oxidizing capacity (AOC) during particulate pollution. The WRF-Chem model simulations show elevated O₃ concentrations and high fractions of oxygenated secondary aerosols (OSA) in PM_2.5 (0.53–0.73) during the severe pollution period. During daytime there exhibits an AOC-sufficient regime with the persistently high OSA fraction and an AOC-deficient regime with varied OSA fractions, separated by the O₃ level of 80 μg m⁻³.

Original language	English
Article number	130855
Journal	Chemosphere
Volume	281
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130855
State	Published - Oct 2021

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Atmospheric oxidizing capacity
PM
Secondary aerosol
WRF-Chem

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