Chemical composition, hourly counts, and sizes of atmospheric carbonaceous particles were measured to investigate their mixing state on clear and hazy days. 823,122 carbonaceous particles with sizes 0.2-2.0μm was ana...Chemical composition, hourly counts, and sizes of atmospheric carbonaceous particles were measured to investigate their mixing state on clear and hazy days. 823,122 carbonaceous particles with sizes 0.2-2.0μm was analyzed using a single-particle aerosol mass spectrometer from 1st to 17th January 2013. Particle types included biomass/biofuel burning particles （biomass）, element carbon （EC-dominant） particles that were also mixed with biomass/biofuel burning species （EC-biomass） or secondary species （EC-secondary）, organic carbon （OC）, internally mixed OC and EC （OCEC）, ammonium-containing （ammo- nium） and sodium-containing （sodium） particles. On clear days the top ranked carbonaceous particle types were biomass （48.2%）, EC-biomass （15.7%）, OCEC （11.1%）, and sodium （9.6%）, while on hazy days they were biomass （37.3%）, EC-biomass （17,6%）, EC-secondary （16.6%）, and sodium （12.7%）. The fractions of EC-secondary, ammonium （10%）, and sodium particle types were elevated on hazy days. Numbers of EC-secondary particles were more than four times those on clear days （4.1%）. Thus, carbonaceous particles mixed with ammonium, nitrate and sulfate during aging and transport, enhancing their light extinction effects and hygroscopic growth under high relative humidity on hazy days, further reducing visibility. Our real-time single-particle data showed that changes to mixing state had a significant impact on light extinction during haze events in Nanjing.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41275143 and 41305135)the Special Fund for Public Welfare Industrial(Meteorology) Research of China(GYHY201206011)+3 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province(12KJA170003)the Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Priority Research Program(XDB05020206)the project of Jiangsu provincial "333" and Six Talent Peaksthe project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development(PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
文摘Chemical composition, hourly counts, and sizes of atmospheric carbonaceous particles were measured to investigate their mixing state on clear and hazy days. 823,122 carbonaceous particles with sizes 0.2-2.0μm was analyzed using a single-particle aerosol mass spectrometer from 1st to 17th January 2013. Particle types included biomass/biofuel burning particles （biomass）, element carbon （EC-dominant） particles that were also mixed with biomass/biofuel burning species （EC-biomass） or secondary species （EC-secondary）, organic carbon （OC）, internally mixed OC and EC （OCEC）, ammonium-containing （ammo- nium） and sodium-containing （sodium） particles. On clear days the top ranked carbonaceous particle types were biomass （48.2%）, EC-biomass （15.7%）, OCEC （11.1%）, and sodium （9.6%）, while on hazy days they were biomass （37.3%）, EC-biomass （17,6%）, EC-secondary （16.6%）, and sodium （12.7%）. The fractions of EC-secondary, ammonium （10%）, and sodium particle types were elevated on hazy days. Numbers of EC-secondary particles were more than four times those on clear days （4.1%）. Thus, carbonaceous particles mixed with ammonium, nitrate and sulfate during aging and transport, enhancing their light extinction effects and hygroscopic growth under high relative humidity on hazy days, further reducing visibility. Our real-time single-particle data showed that changes to mixing state had a significant impact on light extinction during haze events in Nanjing.
