Geophysical Research Letters (Dec 2023)
Regime‐Dependence of Nocturnal Nitrate Formation via N2O5 Hydrolysis and Its Implication for Mitigating Nitrate Pollution
- Pengkun Ma,
- Jiannong Quan,
- Youjun Dou,
- Yubing Pan,
- Zhiheng Liao,
- Zhigang Cheng,
- Xingcan Jia,
- Qianqian Wang,
- Junlei Zhan,
- Wei Ma,
- Feixue Zheng,
- Yuzheng Wang,
- Yusheng Zhang,
- Chenjie Hua,
- Chao Yan,
- Markku Kulmala,
- Yangang Liu,
- Xin Huang,
- Bin Yuan,
- Steven S. Brown,
- Yongchun Liu
Affiliations
- Pengkun Ma
- Institute of Urban Meteorology Chinese Meteorological Administration Beijing China
- Jiannong Quan
- Institute of Urban Meteorology Chinese Meteorological Administration Beijing China
- Youjun Dou
- Institute of Urban Meteorology Chinese Meteorological Administration Beijing China
- Yubing Pan
- Institute of Urban Meteorology Chinese Meteorological Administration Beijing China
- Zhiheng Liao
- Institute of Urban Meteorology Chinese Meteorological Administration Beijing China
- Zhigang Cheng
- Institute of Urban Meteorology Chinese Meteorological Administration Beijing China
- Xingcan Jia
- Institute of Urban Meteorology Chinese Meteorological Administration Beijing China
- Qianqian Wang
- Institute of Urban Meteorology Chinese Meteorological Administration Beijing China
- Junlei Zhan
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Wei Ma
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Feixue Zheng
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Yuzheng Wang
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Yusheng Zhang
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Chenjie Hua
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Chao Yan
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Markku Kulmala
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Yangang Liu
- Environmental and Climate Sciences Department Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton NY USA
- Xin Huang
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China
- Bin Yuan
- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research Jinan University Guangzhou China
- Steven S. Brown
- Chemical Sciences Division Earth System Research Laboratory NOAA Boulder CO USA
- Yongchun Liu
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106183
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 50,
no. 24
pp. n/a – n/a
Abstract
Abstract The heterogeneous hydrolysis of dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5) is an important pathway in nitrate formation; however, its formation rate and relative contribution to total particulate nitrate (pNO3‐) are highly variable. Here we report that nocturnal pNO3‐ formation via N2O5 hydrolysis is dependent on the regime defined by the ratio of NO2 to O3. Nocturnal pNO3‐ formation via N2O5 hydrolysis is suppressed in an O3‐limited regime but enhanced in a NO2‐limited regime. The results have crucial implications for effective control of nitrate pollution in the future. An exclusive decrease in NO2 will decrease nocturnal pNO3‐ formation in a NO2‐limited regime but may be less effective or even increase nocturnal pNO3‐ formation in an O3‐limited regime.
Keywords
- N2O5 hydrolysis
- regime‐dependence
- nocturnal nitrate formation
- residual layer
- mitigating nitrate pollution
