| Title: | [Chemical Loss of Volatile Organic Compounds and Its Impact on the Formation of Ozone in Shanghai] |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0250-3301 (Print) 0250-3301 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The spatial characterization of ozone (O3) and its precursors was studied based on the field measurements in urban and rural areas of Shanghai during the summer of 2014. The chemical loss of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was estimated by the parameterization method. The mixing ratio of VOCs was 20 x 10(-9) in urban area and 17 x 10(-9) in the west rural area during the measurements. The average values of the maximum incremental reactivity were comparable in urban and rural areas, namely 5. 0 mol.mol-1 (O3/VOCs). By contrast, the chemical loss of VOCs was 8. 3 x 10(-9) in west rural area, which was two times as that in urban area. The more chemical loss of VOCs was probably one of the important reasons leading to the higher O3 concentration in west rural area. The regional transport might be important reason of the variation of O3 in the eastern coastal rural area. The chemical loss of VOCs showed good agreement with the local formation of O3 in both urban and rural areas, suggesting a similar efficiency of O3 formation from the chemical loss of VOCs. Among the chemical loss, aromatics and alkenes are the dominant VOC species of the atmospheric chemistry which accounts for more than 90% . The diurnal profile of VOC chemical loss matched well with the production of O3 with one-hour postponement" |
| Keywords: | Air Pollutants/*analysis China Ozone/*analysis Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis; |
| Notes: | "MedlineWang, Hong-li chi China 2016/01/01 Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2015 Sep; 36(9):3159-67" |
