Atmospheric carbonyls were measured at a typical rural area of the North China Plain(NCP)from November 13 to December 24,2017 to investigate the pollution characteristics,sources and environmental implications.Fifteen...Atmospheric carbonyls were measured at a typical rural area of the North China Plain(NCP)from November 13 to December 24,2017 to investigate the pollution characteristics,sources and environmental implications.Fifteen carbonyls were detected,and formaldehyde,acetaldehyde and acetone accounted for about 81% at most.The concentration of the total carbonyls in heavily polluted days was twice more than that in clean days.In contrast to other carbonyls,m-tolualdehyde exhibited relatively high concentrations in the clean days in comparison with the polluted days.The ratios of three principal carbonyls to CO showed similar daily variations at different pollution levels with significant daytime peaks.Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that the contributions of background,primary and secondary sources to three principal carbonyls showed similar variation trends from the clean level to the heavily polluted level.The OH formation rate of formaldehyde showed a similar variation trend to its photodegradation rate,reaching the peak value at noon,which is important to maintain relatively high OH levels to initiate the oxidation of various gas-phase pollutants for secondary pollutant formation at the rural site.OH radical consumption rate and ozone formation potential(OFP) calculations showed that formaldehyde and acetaldehyde were the dominant oxidative species among measured carbonyls.As for OH radical consumption,n-butyraldehyde and m-tolualdehyde were important contributors,while for ozone formation potential,n-butyraldehyde and propionaldehyde made significant contributions.In addition,the contribution of carbonyl compounds to secondary organic aerosol(SOA) formation was also important and needs further investigation.展开更多
基金supported by National Key R&D Program of China(No.2016YFF0201101)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.91544211,41727805,41305124,and 21976106)+2 种基金the Opening Project of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention(Nos.FDLAP18005 and 19006)the supports from the Co-Innovation Center for Green Building of Shandong Province(No.X18027Z)the Introduction and Cultivation Plan for Young Innovative Talents of Colleges and Universities by the Education Department of Shandong Province(No.142,2019)
文摘Atmospheric carbonyls were measured at a typical rural area of the North China Plain(NCP)from November 13 to December 24,2017 to investigate the pollution characteristics,sources and environmental implications.Fifteen carbonyls were detected,and formaldehyde,acetaldehyde and acetone accounted for about 81% at most.The concentration of the total carbonyls in heavily polluted days was twice more than that in clean days.In contrast to other carbonyls,m-tolualdehyde exhibited relatively high concentrations in the clean days in comparison with the polluted days.The ratios of three principal carbonyls to CO showed similar daily variations at different pollution levels with significant daytime peaks.Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that the contributions of background,primary and secondary sources to three principal carbonyls showed similar variation trends from the clean level to the heavily polluted level.The OH formation rate of formaldehyde showed a similar variation trend to its photodegradation rate,reaching the peak value at noon,which is important to maintain relatively high OH levels to initiate the oxidation of various gas-phase pollutants for secondary pollutant formation at the rural site.OH radical consumption rate and ozone formation potential(OFP) calculations showed that formaldehyde and acetaldehyde were the dominant oxidative species among measured carbonyls.As for OH radical consumption,n-butyraldehyde and m-tolualdehyde were important contributors,while for ozone formation potential,n-butyraldehyde and propionaldehyde made significant contributions.In addition,the contribution of carbonyl compounds to secondary organic aerosol(SOA) formation was also important and needs further investigation.