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Acton, W. Joe F., Huang, Zhonghui, Davison, Brian, Drysdale, Will S., Fu, Pingqing, Hollaway, Michael, Langford, Ben, Lee, James, Liu, Yanhui, Metzger, Stefan, Mullinger, Neil, Nemitz, Eiko, Reeves, Claire E. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4071-1926, Squires, Freya A., Vaughan, Adam R., Wang, Xinming, Wang, Zhaoyi, Wild, Oliver, Zhang, Qiang, Zhang, Yanli and Nicholas Hewitt, C.
(2020)
Surface-atmosphere fluxes of volatile organic compounds in Beijing.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20 (23).
pp. 15101-15125.
ISSN 1680-7316
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Abstract
Mixing ratios of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were recorded in two field campaigns in central Beijing as part of the Air Pollution and Human Health in a Chinese Megacity (APHH) project. These data were used to calculate, for the first time in Beijing, the surface-atmosphere fluxes of VOCs using eddy covariance, giving a top-down estimation of VOC emissions from a central area of the city. The results were then used to evaluate the accuracy of the Multi-resolution Emission Inventory for China (MEIC). The APHH winter and summer campaigns took place in November and December 2016 and May and June 2017, respectively. The largest VOC fluxes observed were of small oxygenated compounds such as methanol, ethanol + formic acid and acetaldehyde, with average emission rates of 8.31±8.5, 3.97±3.9 and 1.83±2.0nmolm-2s-1, respectively, in the summer. A large flux of isoprene was observed in the summer, with an average emission rate of 5.31±7.7nmolm-2s-1. While oxygenated VOCs made up 60% of the molar VOC flux measured, when fluxes were scaled by ozone formation potential and peroxyacyl nitrate (PAN) formation potential the high reactivity of isoprene and monoterpenes meant that these species represented 30% and 28% of the flux contribution to ozone and PAN formation potential, respectively. Comparison of measured fluxes with the emission inventory showed that the inventory failed to capture the magnitude of VOC emissions at the local scale.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | atmospheric science,sdg 3 - good health and well-being,sdg 11 - sustainable cities and communities ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1902 |
| Faculty \ School: | University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2021 01:04 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2023 09:38 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/79307 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/acp-20-15101-2020 |
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