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DOI | 10.5194/acp-20-267-2020 |
The changing role of organic nitrates in the removal and transport of NOx | |
Romer Present P.S.; Zare A.; Cohen R.C. | |
发表日期 | 2020 |
ISSN | 16807316 |
起始页码 | 267 |
结束页码 | 279 |
卷号 | 20期号:1 |
英文摘要 | A better understanding of the chemistry of nitrogen oxides (NOx) is crucial to effectively reducing air pollution and predicting future air quality. The response of NOx lifetime to perturbations in emissions or in the climate system is set in large part by whether NOx loss occurs primarily by the direct formation of HNO3 or through the formation of alkyl and multifunctional nitrates (RONO2). Using 15 years of detailed in situ observations, we show that in the summer daytime continental boundary layer the relative importance of these two pathways can be well approximated by the relative likelihood that OH will react with NO2 or instead with a volatile organic compound (VOC). Over the past decades, changes in anthropogenic emissions of both NOx and VOCs have led to a significant increase in the overall importance of RONO2 chemistry to NOx loss. We find that this shift is associated with a decreased effectiveness of NOx emissions reductions on ozone production in polluted areas and increased transport of NOx from source to receptor regions. This change in chemistry, combined with changes in the spatial pattern of NOx emissions, is observed to be leading to a flatter distribution of NO2 across the United States, potentially transforming ozone air pollution from a local issue into a regional one. © 2020. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. |
关键词 | atmospheric chemistryatmospheric pollutionboundary layerin situ measurementnitratenitrogen oxidesozonesummervolatile organic compoundUnited States |
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/132313 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Romer Present P.S.,Zare A.,Cohen R.C.. The changing role of organic nitrates in the removal and transport of NOx[J]. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,2020,20(1). |
APA | Romer Present P.S.,Zare A.,&Cohen R.C..(2020).The changing role of organic nitrates in the removal and transport of NOx.,20(1). |
MLA | Romer Present P.S.,et al."The changing role of organic nitrates in the removal and transport of NOx".20.1(2020). |
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