Air chemistry Research In Asia (ARIAs): Aerosol and Trace Gas Emissions and Transformations over the North China Plain

来自亚洲的气溶胶和痕量气体的排放、传输和转化越来越多地影响当地、区域甚至全球环境。大气过程改变痕量气体和气溶胶的性质和浓度的化学和物理机制仍然是对流层化学研究中具有挑战性的问题。通过与北京大学、北京师范大学和河北省气象局的合作，这项合作研究，亚洲空气化学研究（阿里亚斯）将促进华北平原（NCP）上空的同时飞机和地面测量、气溶胶光学特性和痕量气体组成。最终，该项目的结果将改善环境模型的理论和预测能力，用于制定亚洲大陆空气污染的缓解策略，并更好地了解这些高人口，高排放环境中臭氧和气溶胶等短期气候因子的命运。该项目还将进一步教育一名研究助理、研究生和本科生，并通过其外联部分教育K-12学生。该项目还将继续与中国领先的研究团体合作。

Emissions, transport and transformations of aerosols and trace gases from Asia increasingly impact local, regional and even global environments. The chemical and physical mechanisms by which atmospheric processes change the properties and concentrations of trace gases and aerosols remain challenging questions in tropospheric chemistry research. Through partnerships with Peking University, Beijing Normal University, and the Hebei provincial weather service, this collaborative study, Air Chemistry Research In Asia (ARIAs) will facilitate concurrent aircraft and ground measurements, aerosol optical properties and trace gas composition over the North China Plain (NCP). Ultimately, the results from this project will improve theory and predictive capability of environmental models, used to develop mitigation strategies for air pollution from the Asian continent and to better understand the fate of short-lived climate forcers such as ozone and aerosols in these high population, high emission environments. The project will also serve to further educate a research associate, and graduate and undergraduate students and, through its outreach component, K-12 students. The project will also renew collaborations with leading Chinese research groups.