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Contrasting trends of PM2.5 and surface-ozone concentrations in China from 2013 to 2017

National science review, 2020-08, Vol.7 (8), p.1331-1339 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. 2020 ;ISSN: 2095-5138 ;EISSN: 2053-714X ;DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa032 ;PMID: 34692161

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  • Title:
    Contrasting trends of PM2.5 and surface-ozone concentrations in China from 2013 to 2017
  • Author: Wang, Yonghong ; Gao, Wenkang ; Wang, Shuai ; Song, Tao ; Gong, Zhengyu ; Ji, Dongsheng ; Wang, Lili ; Liu, Zirui ; Tang, Guiqian ; Huo, Yanfeng ; Tian, Shili ; Li, Jiayun ; Li, Mingge ; Yang, Yuan ; Chu, Biwu ; Petäjä, Tuukka ; Kerminen, Veli-Matti ; He, Hong ; Hao, Jiming ; Kulmala, Markku ; Wang, Yuesi ; Zhang, Yuanhang
  • Subjects: EARTH SCIENCES
  • Is Part Of: National science review, 2020-08, Vol.7 (8), p.1331-1339
  • Description: Abstract Although much attention has been paid to investigating and controlling air pollution in China, the trends of air-pollutant concentrations on a national scale have remained unclear. Here, we quantitatively investigated the variation of air pollutants in China using long-term comprehensive data sets from 2013 to 2017, during which Chinese government made major efforts to reduce anthropogenic emission in polluted regions. Our results show a significant decreasing trend in the PM2.5 concentration in heavily polluted regions of eastern China, with an annual decrease of ∼7% compared with measurements in 2013. The measured decreased concentrations of SO2, NO2 and CO (a proxy for anthropogenic volatile organic compounds) could explain a large fraction of the decreased PM2.5 concentrations in different regions. As a consequence, the heavily polluted days decreased significantly in corresponding regions. Concentrations of organic aerosol, nitrate, sulfate, ammonium and chloride measured in urban Beijing revealed a remarkable reduction from 2013 to 2017, connecting the decreases in aerosol precursors with corresponding chemical components closely. However, surface-ozone concentrations showed increasing trends in most urban stations from 2013 to 2017, which indicates stronger photochemical pollution. The boundary-layer height in capital cities of eastern China showed no significant trends over the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions from 2013 to 2017, which confirmed the reduction in anthropogenic emissions. Our results demonstrated that the Chinese government was successful in the reduction of particulate matter in urban areas from 2013 to 2017, although the ozone concentration has increased significantly, suggesting a more complex mechanism of improving Chinese air quality in the future.
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2095-5138
    EISSN: 2053-714X
    DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa032
    PMID: 34692161
  • Source: PubMed Central
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