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DOI | 10.5194/acp-20-5129-2020 |
Characterization of the light-Absorbing properties, chromophore composition and sources of brown carbon aerosol in Xi'an, northwestern China | |
Yuan W.; Huang R.-J.; Yang L.; Guo J.; Chen Z.; Duan J.; Wang T.; Ni H.; Han Y.; Li Y.; Chen Q.; Chen Y.; Hoffmann T.; O'Dowd C. | |
发表日期 | 2020 |
ISSN | 16807316 |
起始页码 | 5129 |
结束页码 | 5144 |
卷号 | 20期号:8 |
英文摘要 | The impact of brown carbon aerosol (BrC) on the Earth's radiative forcing balance has been widely recognized but remains uncertain, mainly because the relationships among BrC sources, chromophores and optical properties of aerosol are poorly understood. In this work, the light absorption properties and chromophore composition of BrC were investigated for samples collected in Xi'an, northwestern China, from 2015 to 2016. Both absorption Ångström exponent (AAE) and mass absorption efficiency (MAE) show distinct seasonal differences, which could be attributed to the differences in sources and chromophore composition of BrC. Three groups of light-Absorbing organics were found to be important BrC chromophores, including compounds that have multiple absorption peaks at wavelengths > 350 nm (12 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives) and compounds that have a single absorption peak at wavelengths < 350 nm (10 nitrophenols and nitrosalicylic acids and 3 methoxyphenols). These measured BrC chromophores show distinct seasonal differences and contribute on average about 1.1 % and 3.3 % of light absorption of methanol-soluble BrC at 365 nm in summer and winter, respectively, about 7 and 5 times higher than the corresponding carbon mass fractions in total organic carbon. The sources of BrC were resolved by positive matrix factorization (PMF) using these chromophores instead of commonly used non-light-Absorbing organic markers as model inputs. Our results show that vehicular emissions and secondary formation are major sources of BrC (ĝˆ1/4 70 %) in spring, coal combustion and vehicular emissions are major sources (ĝˆ1/4 70 %) in fall, biomass burning and coal combustion become major sources (ĝˆ1/4 80 %) in winter, and secondary BrC dominates (ĝˆ1/4 60 %) in summer. . © 2020 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. |
关键词 | absorptionaerosol compositionaerosol propertybrown carboncolorfactor analysisseasonal variationsource apportionmentChinaShaanxiXian |
语种 | 英语 |
来源机构 | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/132065 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Yuan W.,Huang R.-J.,Yang L.,et al. Characterization of the light-Absorbing properties, chromophore composition and sources of brown carbon aerosol in Xi'an, northwestern China[J]. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,2020,20(8). |
APA | Yuan W..,Huang R.-J..,Yang L..,Guo J..,Chen Z..,...&O'Dowd C..(2020).Characterization of the light-Absorbing properties, chromophore composition and sources of brown carbon aerosol in Xi'an, northwestern China.,20(8). |
MLA | Yuan W.,et al."Characterization of the light-Absorbing properties, chromophore composition and sources of brown carbon aerosol in Xi'an, northwestern China".20.8(2020). |
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