Evaluation of regional background particulate matter concentration based on vertical distribution characteristics
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Title (Dublin Core)
Evaluation of regional background particulate matter concentration based on vertical distribution characteristics
Description (Dublin Core)
Heavy regional particulate matter (PM) pollution in China has resulted in an important and urgent need for joint control actions among cities. It is advisable to improve the understanding of the regional background concentration of PM for the development of efficient and effective joint control policies. With the increase of height the influence of source emission on local air quality decreases with altitude, but the characteristics of regional pollution gradually become obvious. A method to estimate regional background PM concentration is proposed in this paper, based on the vertical characteristics of periodic variation in the atmospheric boundary layer structure and particle mass concentration, as well as the vertical distribution of particle size, chemical composition and pollution source apportionment. According to the method, the averaged regional background PM<sub>2.5</sub> concentration in July, August and September 2009, being extracted from the original time series in Tianjin, was 40 ± 20, 64 ± 17 and 53 ± 11 μg m<sup>−3</sup>, respectively.
Creator (Dublin Core)
Han, S.
Zhang, Y.
Wu, J.
Zhang, X.
Tian, Y.
Wang, Y.
Ding, J.
Yan, W.
Bi, X.
Shi, G.
Cai, Z.
Yao, Q.
Huang, H.
Feng, Y.
Date (Dublin Core)
2018-09-19
Type (Dublin Core)
Text
Format (Dublin Core)
application/pdf
Identifier (Dublin Core)
10.5194/acp-15-11165-2015
https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/15/11165/2015/
Source (Dublin Core)
eISSN: 1680-7324
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
