Seasonal and Diurnal Variations of Atmospheric Non-Methane Hydrocarbons in Guangzhou, China
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School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei 235000, China
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State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9(5), 1859-1873; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph9051859
Received: 4 April 2012 / Revised: 28 April 2012 / Accepted: 30 April 2012 / Published: 11 May 2012
In recent decades, high ambient ozone concentrations have become one of the major regional air quality issues in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region. Non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs), as key precursors of ozone, were found to be the limiting factor in photochemical ozone formation for large areas in the PRD. For source apportioning of NMHCs as well as ozone pollution control strategies, it is necessary to obtain typical seasonal and diurnal patterns of NMHCs with a large pool of field data. To date, few studies have focused on seasonal and diurnal variations of NMHCs in urban areas of Guangzhou. This study explored the seasonal variations of most hydrocarbons concentrations with autumn maximum and spring minimum in Guangzhou. The diurnal variations of most anthropogenic NMHCs typically showed two-peak pattern with one at 8:00 in the morning and another at 20:00 in the evening, both corresponding to traffic rush hours in Guangzhou, whereas isoprene displayed a different bimodal diurnal curve. Propene, ethene, m, p-xylene and toluene were the four largest contributors to ozone formation in Guangzhou, based on the evaluation of individual NMHCs’ photochemical reactivity. Therefore, an effective strategy for controlling ozone pollution may be achieved by the reduction of vehicle emissions in Guangzhou.
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Keywords:
non-methane hydrocarbons; seasonal and diurnal variations; photochemical reactivity; ozone formation
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Li, L.; Wang, X. Seasonal and Diurnal Variations of Atmospheric Non-Methane Hydrocarbons in Guangzhou, China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9, 1859-1873. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph9051859
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Li L, Wang X. Seasonal and Diurnal Variations of Atmospheric Non-Methane Hydrocarbons in Guangzhou, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2012; 9(5):1859-1873. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph9051859
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Longfeng; Wang, Xinming. 2012. "Seasonal and Diurnal Variations of Atmospheric Non-Methane Hydrocarbons in Guangzhou, China" Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 9, no. 5: 1859-1873. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph9051859
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