Sources of ambient non-methane hydrocarbon compounds and their impacts on O_(3) formation during autumn,Beijing

The field observation of 54 non-methane hydrocarbon compounds(NMHCs)was conducted from September 1 to October 20 in 2020 during autumn in Haidian District,Beijing.The mean concentration of total NMHCs was 29.81±11.39 ppbv during this period,and alkanes were the major components.There were typical festival effects of NMHCs with lower concentration during the National Day.Alkenes and aromatics were the dominant groups in ozone formation potential(OFP)and OH radical loss rate(L_(OH)).The positive matrix factorization(PMF)running results revealed that vehicular exhaust became the biggest source in urban areas,followed by liquefied petroleum gas(LPG)usage,solvent usage,and fuel evaporation.The box model coupled with master chemical mechanism(MCM)was applied to study the impacts of different NMHCs sources on ozone(O_(3))formation in an O_(3)episode.The simulation results indicated that reducing NMHCs concentration could effectively suppress O_(3)formation.Moreover,reducing traffic-related emissions of NMHCs was an effective way to control O_(3)pollution at an urban site in Beijing.

Ozone episodes during and after the 2018 Chinese National Day holidays in Guangzhou:Implications for the control of precursor VOCs

The impact of reducing industrial emissions of volatile organic compounds(VOCs)on ozone(O_(3))pollution is of wide concern particularly in highly industrialized megacities.In this study,O_(3),nitrogen oxides(NOx)and VOCs were measured at an urban site in the Pearl River Delta region during the 2018 Chinese National Day Holidays and two after-holiday periods(one with ozone pollution and another without).O_(3)pollution occurred throughout the 7-day holidays even industrial emissions of VOCswere passively reduced due to temporary factory shutdowns,and the toluene to benzene ratios dropped from∼10 during non-holidays to∼5 during the holidays.Box model(AtChem2-MCM)simulations with the input of observation data revealed that O_(3)formation was all VOC-limited,and alkenes had the highest relative incremental reactivity(RIR)during the holiday and non-holiday O_(3)episodes while aromatics had the highest RIR during the non-pollution period.Box model also demonstrated that even aromatics decreased proportionally to levels with near-zero contributions of industrial aromatic solvents,O_(3)concentrations would only decrease by less than 20%during the holiday and non-holiday O_(3)episodes and ozone pollution in the periods could not be eliminated.The results imply that controlling emissions of industrial aromatic solvents might be not enough to eliminate O_(3)pollution in the region,and more attention should be paid to anthropogenic reactive alkenes.Isoprene and formaldehyde were among the top 3 species by RIRs in all the three pollution and non-pollution periods,suggesting substantial contribution to O_(3)formation from biogenic VOCs.