| Title: | Tropospheric volatile organic compounds in China |
| Author(s): | Guo H; Ling ZH; Cheng HR; Simpson IJ; Lyu XP; Wang XM; Shao M; Lu HX; Ayoko G; Zhang YL; Saunders SM; Lam SHM; Wang JL; Blake DR; |
| Address: | "Air Quality Studies, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: ceguohai@polyu.edu.hk. School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA. Air Quality Studies, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China. College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China. Discipline of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Pacific Environment Limited, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Taiwan" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.116 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-1026 (Electronic) 0048-9697 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Photochemical smog, characterized by high concentrations of ozone (O(3)) and fine particles (PM(2.5)) in the atmosphere, has become one of the top environmental concerns in China. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), one of the key precursors of O(3) and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) (an important component of PM(2.5)), have a critical influence on atmospheric chemistry and subsequently affect regional and global climate. Thus, VOCs have been extensively studied in many cities and regions in China, especially in the North China Plain, the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta regions where photochemical smog pollution has become increasingly worse over recent decades. This paper reviews the main studies conducted in China on the characteristics and sources of VOCs, their relationship with O(3) and SOA, and their removal technology. This paper also provides an integrated literature review on the formulation and implementation of effective control strategies of VOCs and photochemical smog, as well as suggestions for future directions of VOCs study in China" |
| Keywords: | China Ozone Photochemical smog Volatile organic compounds; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEGuo, H Ling, Z H Cheng, H R Simpson, I J Lyu, X P Wang, X M Shao, M Lu, H X Ayoko, G Zhang, Y L Saunders, S M Lam, S H M Wang, J L Blake, D R eng Netherlands 2016/09/27 Sci Total Environ. 2017 Jan 1; 574:1021-1043. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.116. Epub 2016 Oct 14" |
