Evaluation and Evolution of MAX-DOAS-observed Vertical NO_(2) Profiles in Urban Beijing

Multiaxis differential absorption spectroscopy(MAX-DOAS)is a newly developed advanced vertical profile detection method,but the vertical nitrogen dioxide(NO_(2))profiles measured by MAX-DOAS have not yet been fully verified.In this study,we perform MAX-DOAS and tower gradient observations to simultaneously acquire tropospheric NO_(2)observations in the Beijing urban area from 1 April to 31 May 2019.The average values of the tropospheric NO_(2)vertical column densities measured by MAX-DOAS and the tropospheric monitoring instrument are 15.8×1015 and 12.4×1015 molecules cm−2,respectively,and the correlation coefficient R reaches 0.87.The MAX-DOAS measurements are highly consistent with the tower-based in situ measurements,and the correlation coefficients R from the ground to the upper air are 0.89(60 m),0.87(160 m),and 0.76(280 m).MAX-DOAS accurately measures the trend of NO_(2)vertical profile changes,although a large underestimation occurs by a factor of two.By analyzing the NO_(2)vertical profile,the NO_(2)concentration reveals an exponential decrease with height.The NO_(2)vertical profile also coincides with the evolution of the boundary layer height.The study shows that the NO_(2)over Beijing mainly originates from local sources and occurs in the boundary layer,and its vertical evolution pattern has an important guiding significance to better understand nitrate production and ozone pollution.

Observation and analysis of the influence of wind waves on air-sea momentum fluxes

Due to the long-standing lack of understanding the role of wind waves on wind stress at moderate to high wind speeds,a high-frequency turbulence observation system is used in this study to obtain air-sea momentum flux data under pure wind wave conditions based on the tower-based marine meteorological observation platform in the southern Bohai Sea.Moreover,the modulation of wind waves on wind stress under wind speeds greater than 10 m s^(–1)is analyzed.The results indicated that the wind wave states caused by winds from the northwest and northeast are different under the influence of cold air,resulting in different wind stresses and drag coefficients.The wind stress increases with an increasing wind speed,reaching its maximum value when the northwest wind is nearly 20 m s^(–1),while the extreme value of the drag coefficient is basically the same when the northwest wind speed is the maximum and the northeast wind wave significant wave height is the maximum.The drag coefficient increases with an increasing wind speed within the range of 10–15 m s^(–1),reaching saturation at 15 m s^(–1).The critical wind speed is smaller than other observed results.Further analysis showed that wind-induced turbulent stress deviates from the observed values,and the degree of deviation depends on the wind speed and wave state,with a greater deviation caused by strong winds and waves.The wave-induced stress can correct the negative deviation between wind-induced turbulent stress and the observed value,and the drag coefficient calculated based on the modified wind stress tends to be close to the observed value overall.