| Title: | Synergistic effects of biogenic volatile organic compounds and soil nitric oxide emissions on summertime ozone formation in China |
| Author(s): | Chen W; Guenther AB; Jia S; Mao J; Yan F; Wang X; Shao M; |
| Address: | "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. School of Atmospheric Sciences, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. Electronic address: eciwxm@jnu.edu.cn. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. Electronic address: mshao@pku.edu.cn" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154218 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-1026 (Electronic) 0048-9697 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Natural emissions play a key role in modulating the formation of ground-level ozone (O(3)), especially emissions of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) and soil nitric oxide (SNO), and their individual effects on O(3) formation have been previously quantified and evaluated. However, their synergistic effects remain unclear and have not yet been well assessed. By applying the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model coupled with the Chemistry-Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature (WRF/Chem-MEGAN) model, this study reveals that in the presence of sufficient BVOC emissions, which act as a fuel, SNO emissions act as a fuel additive and promote the chemical reactions of BVOCs and the subsequent production of O(3). Consequently, the synergistic effects of BVOC and SNO emissions on summertime O(3) production surpassed the sum of their individual effects by as much as 10-20 mug m(-3) in eastern China in 2014. In order to reduce O(3) concentration to a level corresponding to no natural emissions of BVOC or SNO (i.e., the BASE scenario), the anthropogenic volatile organic compound (AVOC) emissions in the scenario considers BVOC and SNO emissions must be reduced by 1.76 times that of the BASE scenario. This study demonstrates that the synergistic effects of BVOC and SNO emissions can impede ground-level O(3) regulation and can subsequently impose stricter requirements on anthropogenic precursor emission control in China. The results of this study can also inform efforts in other regions that are still combating ground-level O(3) pollution" |
| Keywords: | *Air Pollutants/analysis China Nitric Oxide *Ozone/analysis Soil *Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis Biogenic volatile organic compounds Ground-level ozone Soil nitric oxide Synergistic effects WRF/Chem-MEGAN; |
| Notes: | "MedlineChen, Weihua Guenther, Alex B Jia, Shiguo Mao, Jingying Yan, Fenghua Wang, Xuemei Shao, Min eng Netherlands 2022/03/05 Sci Total Environ. 2022 Jul 1; 828:154218. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154218. Epub 2022 Mar 1" |
