The effect of earth-air passive exchange on the formation of haze patterns
The effect of earth-air passive exchange on the formation of haze patterns
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DOI:
10.1007/s12665-021-09962-3
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发表时间:
2021-11
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Hongshou Li;Yipu Gong;Shunren Wang;Qinglin Guo
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作者:
Hongshou Li;Yipu Gong;Shunren Wang;Qinglin Guo
As urbanization and economic growth in developing countries expands, haze has become a global environmental problem in urban areas. Haze has obvious seasonal/daily variations across the globe. The concentration of fine particulate matter is higher in winter and lower in summer, and its daily variation shows bimodal characteristics. The objective of this paper is researching the formation mechanism of this pattern. The coupling between earth-air and fine particulate concentration is studied by monitoring and correlation analysis. Monitoring results have shown that earth-air pressure generally fluctuates with the overall atmospheric pressure. There is a mechanism of ‘passive breathing’ of earth-air, and due to the effect of seasonal/daily changes in soil temperature, ‘autonomous breathing’ also exists. The magnitude of the autonomous breathing effect is small (3.57 mm/d), whereas the passive breathing effect is much larger (421.25 mm/d). Correlation coefficients between volume of earth-air passive breathing and PM2.5on yearly and daily timescales are 0.82 and 0.84, respectively. Statistical analysis suggests that when atmospheric pressure rises, atmospheric air is compressed, and concentration increases. At the same time, a part of the atmosphere enters the soil and causes back-mixing. When atmospheric pressure drops, atmospheric air expands, and filtered earth-air enters the atmosphere, reducing the near-surface PM2.5concentration. This results in PM2.5concentration changing synchronously with the earth-air passive breathing. Therefore, passive breathing of earth-air has important impact on the formation of haze patterns, and the atmospheric pumping effect provides the main driving force.