Quantifying the anthropogenic and meteorological influences on summertime surface ozone in China over 2012-2017
Quantifying the anthropogenic and meteorological influences on summertime surface ozone in China over 2012-2017
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量化2012-2017年中国夏季地表臭氧的人为和气象影响。
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142394
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发表时间:
2021-02-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Fu, Yu
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作者:
Dang, Ruijun;Liao, Hong;Fu, Yu
We applied the global 3-D chemical transportmodel GEOS-Chemto examine the anthropogenic and meteorological contributions in driving summertime (JJA) surface ozone (O-3) trend in China during the Clean Air Action period 2012-2017. The model captures the observed spatial distribution of summertime O-3 concentrations in China (R-0.78) and reproduces the observed increasing trends in two most populated city clusters: North China Plain (NCP) and Yangtze River Delta (YRD). Trend of simulated maximum daily 8-h average (MDA8) O3 concentration is 0.58 ppbv yr(-1) in NCP and 1.74 ppbv yr(-1) in YRD in JJA 2012-2017. Sensitivity studies show that both changes in anthropogenic emissions and meteorology favored the MDA8 O3 increases in these two regions with respective contributions of 39% and 49% in NCP, and 13% and 84% in YRD. In NCP, the 49% meteorology impact includes a considerable contribution fromnatural emissions (19%). Changes in biogenic VOCs, soil NOx, and lightning NOx emissions are estimated to enhanceMDA8 O-3 in NCP with a rate of 0.14, 0.10, and 0.14 ppbv yr(-1), respectively. In YRD, natural emissions made small contributions to the MDA8 O-3 trend. Statistical analysis shows that higher temperatures and anomalous southerlies at 850 hPa in 2017 relative to 2012 are the two major meteorological drivers in NCP that favored the O-3 increases, while weaker wind speed and lower relative humidity are those for YRD. We further examined the trend of fourth highest daily maximum 8-h average (4MDA8) O3 among a specific month that linked with extreme pollution episodes. Trends of simulated 4MDA8 O-3 in NCP and YRD are 34-46% higher than those of MDA8 O-3 and are found more meteorology-induced. Our results suggest an important role of meteorology in driving summertime O-3 increases in China in recent years. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.