Characteristics of particulate PAHs during a typical haze episode in Guangzhou, China
Characteristics of particulate PAHs during a typical haze episode in Guangzhou, China
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DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.06.012
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发表时间:
2011-10
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Jihua Tan;Songjun Guo;Yong-liang Ma;Jing-chun Duan;Yuan Cheng;K. He;Fumo Yang
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作者:
Jihua Tan;Songjun Guo;Yong-liang Ma;Jing-chun Duan;Yuan Cheng;K. He;Fumo Yang
The concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in PM2.5and TSP were measured in Guangzhou during a typical haze episode. This episode included NH (non-haze, 3days), HFN (haze when air masses from north and northeast, 6days) and HFS (haze when air masses from south, 4days). The air quality in HFN was much worse than that in NH and HFS. The total average concentrations of PAHs in PM2.5were 13.25ngm−3, 59.82ngm−3and 13.09ngm−3in NH, HFN and HFS, respectively. It indicated PAH pollution had been substantially aggravated by HFN. PAHs(5+6) were the most abundant compounds in HFN and HFS, which accounted for 55–75% of total concentration of PAHs, while PAHs(3+4) were the most abundant compounds in NH, which accounted for 54–67% of total concentration of PAHs. TEF (Toxic Equivalency Factors)-adjusted concentrations of 13 particulate PAHs were very high in HFN, indicating high health risks to humans for PAH exposure in HFN. The characteristic ratios of PAHs indicated coal combustion and traffic emission were the major contributors to PAHs in HFN and HFS. The concentrations of particulate PAHs in haze episode were strongly affected by wind speed and wind direction. PAHs in NH could be from long-range transport with high north wind speed, while local emission could be the main contributor of particle-associated PAHs in HFN. The transport speed of air masses was found to play an important role on PAH concentrations.