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Observation of biogenic secondary organic aerosols in the atmosphere of a mountain site in central China: temperature and relative humidity effects
- Source :
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol 13, Iss 22, Pp 11535-11549 (2013)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Copernicus Publications, 2013.
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Abstract
- Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) derived from isoprene, pinene and caryophyllene were determined for PM10 and size-segregated (9-stages) aerosols collected at the summit (2060 m a.s.l.) of Mt. Hua, central China during the summer of 2009. Estimated concentrations of isoprene, α-/β-pinene and β-caryophyllene derived secondary organic carbon (SOC) are 81 ± 53, 29 ± 14 and 98 ± 53 ng m−3, accounting for 2.7 ± 1.0%, 0.8 ± 0.2% and 2.1 ± 1.0% of OC, respectively. Concentrations of biogenic (BSOA, the isoprene/pinene/caryophyllene oxidation products) and anthropogenic (ASOA, mainly aromatic acids) SOA positively correlated with temperature (R=0.57–0.90). However, a decreasing trend of BSOA concentration with an increase in relative humidity (RH) was observed during the sampling period, although a clear trend between ASOA and RH was not found. Based on the AIM Model calculation, we found that during the sampling period an increase in RH resulted in a decrease in the aerosol acidity and thus reduced the effect of acid-catalysis on BSOA formation. There was no significant correlation observed for the BSOA products and anthropogenic parameters (e.g. EC, SO42− and NO4−). Size distribution measurements showed that most of the determined BSOA are formed in the aerosol phase and enriched in the fine mode (cis-pinonic acid, which is formed in the gas phase and subsequently partitioned into aerosol phase and thus presents a bimodal pattern with a small peak in the fine mode and a large peak in the coarse mode (>2.1 μm).
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16807316, 16807324, and 15352013
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 22
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.10cf75d7036a459f9eee0a3873357603
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-11535-2013