INVESTIGATIONS OF MAIN FACTORS AFFECTING TROPOSPHERIC NITRATE AEROSOL USING A COUPLING MODEL

Factors affecting tropospheric nitrate aerosol formation were investigated through a number of sensitivity studies using the thermodynamic equilibrium model ISORROPIA and the condensed gas-phase chemistry model. Results indicate that the equilibrium concentration of nitrate aerosol varies with solar zenith angle, air temperature, relative humidity, initial SO2 concentration, initial NO2 concentration and initial NH3 concentration. NH3 concentration and solar zenith angle play the most important roles, followed by relative humidity and NO2 concentration. It seems that the relations between nitrate aerosol and these four factors, as well as air temperature, are strong and highly nonlinear due to the coupling effect. The influence of SO2 concentration on nitrate aerosol is near-linear and weak.

无机盐热力学平衡模式的简化及其应用

利用查表法简化无机盐热力学平衡模式ISORROPIA,对温度、相对湿度、总氨(NH3+NH4+)、总氮(HNO3+NO3-)和总硫(H2SO4+SO42-)等5个影响因子进行分档,建立不同组合情况下硫酸盐、硝酸盐、铵盐等物种平衡浓度的查算表。在区域气候化学模式系统(RegCCMS)中,分别用查算表检索法和直接耦合热力学平衡模式的方法模拟我国2003年1月和7月硝酸盐气溶胶的浓度分布。结果表明:查表法既能显著提高计算效率,在无机盐模拟性能方面又与直接耦合法保持较好的一致性,在气溶胶气候效应研究方面具有良好的应用前景。