Responses of sulfate and nitrate to anthropogenic emission changes in eastern China - in perspective of long-term variations

被引:11
作者
Qi, Ling [1 ]
Zheng, Haotian [2 ]
Ding, Dian [3 ]
Wang, Shuxiao [2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sci & Technol Beijing, Sch Energy & Environm Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
[2] Tsinghua Univ, Sch Environm, State Key Joint Lab Environm Simulat & Pollut Cont, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Helsinki, Fac Sci, Inst Atmospher & Earth Syst Res INAR Phys, Helsinki 00014, Finland
[4] State Environm Protect Key Lab Sources & Control A, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金; 北京市自然科学基金;
关键词
Sulfate; Nitrate; Inter-annual variations; Long-term; Eastern China; CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION; CONTROL POLICIES; SULFUR-DIOXIDE; AIR-POLLUTION; WINTER HAZE; PM2.5; SO2; TRENDS; MODEL; REDUCTIONS;
D O I
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158875
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
We investigate responses of sulfate (SO42-) and nitrate (NO3-) to anthropogenic emission changes in 2006-2017 by fixing meteorology at the 2009 level using nested 3D chemical transport model GFOS-Chem. We find that sulfate concentration decreases following SO2 emissions, but with a relatively smaller reduction rate (by 16 % in North China Plain (NCP) and 28 % in Yangtze River Delta (YRD)) due to larger sulfur oxidation ratio (SOR) at lower SO2 level. SOR follows a power law with SO2 emissions in general except in winter in NCP, when and where both SO2 emission reduction and atmospheric oxidation capacity are critical to the inter-annual variations of SOR. Nitrate concentration ([pNO(3)(-)]) decreases along with NOx emission reduction in summer, but increases slightly in winter in 2011-2017. Equilibrium with gas phase HNO3, NO3- in particle phase (pNO(3)(-)) is determined by total HNO3 (TN = [pNO(3)(-)] + [gHNO(3)]) oxidized from NO2 and gas-particle partitioning (epsilon(NO3-) = [pNO(3)(-)]/TN). TN is decreasing faster in summer (similar to 33 %) than in winter (similar to 25 %) in 2011-2017. In contrast, epsilon(NO3-) changes marginally in summer (within 5 %) but increases by 36 % in NCP and by 51 % in YRD in winter in 2006-2017. The increasing of epsilon(NO3-) in winter is attributed to the strong reduction of [pNO(4)(2-)], which increases the relative abundance of NH3 and thus favors partitioning of NO3- to the particle phase. The effect of increasing epsilon(NO3-) overcomes that of decreasing TN in winter. We suggest reduce SO2 emissions to further reduce [pSO(4)(2-)] in eastern China. In addition, we recommend reduce NOx emissions in summer, and reduce atmospheric oxidation capacity and relative abundance of NH3 in winter to reduce [pNO(3)(-)].
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