Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Aug 2023)
The important contribution of secondary formation and biomass burning to oxidized organic nitrogen (OON) in a polluted urban area: insights from in situ measurements of a chemical ionization mass spectrometer (CIMS)
- Y. Cai,
- Y. Cai,
- Y. Cai,
- Y. Cai,
- Y. Cai,
- C. Ye,
- W. Chen,
- W. Chen,
- W. Chen,
- W. Chen,
- W. Chen,
- W. Hu,
- W. Hu,
- W. Hu,
- W. Hu,
- W. Song,
- W. Song,
- W. Song,
- W. Song,
- Y. Peng,
- Y. Peng,
- S. Huang,
- S. Huang,
- J. Qi,
- J. Qi,
- S. Wang,
- S. Wang,
- C. Wang,
- C. Wang,
- C. Wu,
- C. Wu,
- Z. Wang,
- Z. Wang,
- B. Wang,
- X. Huang,
- L. He,
- S. Gligorovski,
- S. Gligorovski,
- S. Gligorovski,
- S. Gligorovski,
- B. Yuan,
- B. Yuan,
- M. Shao,
- M. Shao,
- X. Wang,
- X. Wang,
- X. Wang,
- X. Wang
Affiliations
- Y. Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Y. Cai
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Y. Cai
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Y. Cai
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Y. Cai
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- C. Ye
- Joint Lab for Atmospheric Photochemistry, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science, Guangzhou 510045, China
- W. Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
- W. Chen
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- W. Chen
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- W. Chen
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- W. Chen
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- W. Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
- W. Hu
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- W. Hu
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- W. Hu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- W. Song
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
- W. Song
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- W. Song
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- W. Song
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Y. Peng
- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
- Y. Peng
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Guangzhou 511443, China
- S. Huang
- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
- S. Huang
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Guangzhou 511443, China
- J. Qi
- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
- J. Qi
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Guangzhou 511443, China
- S. Wang
- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
- S. Wang
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Guangzhou 511443, China
- C. Wang
- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
- C. Wang
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Guangzhou 511443, China
- C. Wu
- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
- C. Wu
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Guangzhou 511443, China
- Z. Wang
- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
- Z. Wang
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Guangzhou 511443, China
- B. Wang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan 250353, China
- X. Huang
- Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
- L. He
- Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
- S. Gligorovski
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
- S. Gligorovski
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- S. Gligorovski
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- S. Gligorovski
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- B. Yuan
- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
- B. Yuan
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Guangzhou 511443, China
- M. Shao
- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
- M. Shao
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Guangzhou 511443, China
- X. Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
- X. Wang
- CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- X. Wang
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- X. Wang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-8855-2023
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 23
pp. 8855 – 8877
Abstract
To investigate the sources and formation mechanism of oxidized organic nitrogen (OON), field measurements of OON were conducted using an iodide-adduct chemical ionization mass spectrometer equipped with a Filter Inlet for Gases and AEROsols (FIGAERO-CIMS) during fall of 2018 in the megacity of Guangzhou, China. Using levoglucosan as a tracer of biomass burning emissions, the results show that biomass burning (49±23 %) and secondary formation (51±23 %) accounted for comparable fractions to the total particle-phase OON (pOON) but 24±25 % and 76±25 % to the gas-phase OON (gOON), respectively, signifying the important contribution of biomass burning to pOON and secondary formation to gOON in this urban area. Calculations of production rates of gOON indicated that hydroxyl radical (42 %) and nitrate radical (NO3) (49 %) oxidation pathways potentially dominated the secondary formation of gOON. A high concentration of NO3 radicals during the afternoon was observed, demonstrating that the daytime NO3 oxidation might be more important than the previous recognition. Monoterpenes, found to be major precursors of secondary gOON, were mainly from anthropogenic emissions in this urban area. The ratio of secondary pOON to Ox ([Ox] = [O3] + [NO2]) increased as a function of relative humidity and aerosol surface area, indicating that heterogeneous reaction might be an important formation pathway for secondary pOON. Finally, the highly oxidized gOON and pOON with 6 to 11 oxygen atoms were observed, highlighting the complex secondary reaction processes of OON in the ambient air. Overall, our results improve the understanding of the sources and dynamic variation of OON in the urban atmosphere.
