Variation trends and influencing factors of total gaseous mercury in the Pearl River Delta-A highly industrialised region in South China influenced by seasonal monsoons

被引:45
作者
Chen, Laiguo [1 ]
Liu, Ming [1 ,2 ]
Xu, Zhencheng [1 ]
Fan, Ruifang [2 ]
Tao, Jun [1 ]
Chen, Duohong [3 ]
Zhang, Deqiang [4 ]
Xie, Donghai [5 ]
Sun, Jiaren [1 ]
机构
[1] Urban Environm & Ecol Res Ctr, SCIES, MEP, Guangzhou 510655, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[2] S China Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Guangzhou 510631, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[3] Guangdong Environm Monitoring Ctr, State Environm Protect Key Lab Reg Air Qual Monit, Guangzhou 510045, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[4] Chinese Acad Sci, South China Bot Garden, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[5] Hainan Res Acad Environm Sci, Haikou 570206, Peoples R China
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Total gaseous mercury; The Pearl River Delta; Variation trend; Influencing factors; MUNICIPAL SOLID-WASTE; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; ENVIRONMENTAL MERCURY; OZONE POLLUTION; EMISSIONS; AIR; GASOLINE; DIESEL; URBAN; AREA;
D O I
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.05.053
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Studies on atmospheric mercury in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region are important because of the economic relevance of this region to China, because of its economic developmental pattern and because it is a highly industrialised area influenced by the strong seasonal monsoons. Total gaseous mercury (TGM), meteorological parameters and criteria pollutant concentrations were measured at Mt. Dinghu (DH, a regional monitoring site) and Guangzhou (GZ, an urban monitoring site) in the PRD region from October 2009 to April 2010 and from November 2010 to November 2011, respectively. The ranges of daily average TGM concentrations at the DH and GZ sites were 1.87-29.9 ng m(-3) (5.07 +/- 2.89 ng m(-3)) and 2.66-11.1 ng m(-3) (4.60 +/- 1.36 ng m(-3)), respectively, which were far more significant than the background values in the Northern Hemisphere (1.5-1.7 ng m-3), suggesting that the atmosphere in the PRD has suffered from mercury pollution. Similar TGM seasonal distributions at the two sites were observed, with a descending order of spring, winter, autumn and summer. The different seasonal monsoons were the dominant factor controlling the seasonal variability of the TGM, with variations in the boundary layer and oxidation also possibly partially contributing. Different diurnal patterns of the TGM at two sites were observed. TGM levels during the daytime were higher than those during the nighttime and were predominantly influenced by mountain and valley winds at the DH site, whereas the opposite trend was evident at the GZ site, which was primarily influenced by the boundary-layer height and O-3 concentration. During the monitoring period, the correlations between the daily TGM levels and the SO2 and NO2 levels at the DH site were significant (r = 0.36, p < 0.001; r = 0.29, p <0.001), suggesting that coal-fired emission is an important source of mercury for this regional monitoring site. At the GZ site, the correlations between the daily TGM level and the NO, NO2, CO levels were significant (r = 0.501, p < 0.001; r = 0.579, p < 0.001; r = 0358, p < 0.001). However, TGM was partially correlated with SO2, suggesting that the combined vehicle emissions and coal combustion were the dominant mercury sources for this urban monitoring site. The TGM distribution figure, which related to the wind-rose pattern and the distribution figure of emission sources, indicated significant contributions from anthropogenic emission sources. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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