Geophysical Research Letters (Mar 2023)
Sulfur Dioxide Transported From the Residual Layer Drives Atmospheric Nucleation During Haze Periods in Beijing
- Yonghong Wang,
- Yongjing Ma,
- Chao Yan,
- Lei Yao,
- Runlong Cai,
- Shuying Li,
- Zhuohui Lin,
- Xiujuan Zhao,
- Rujing Yin,
- Chenjuan Deng,
- Juha Kangasluoma,
- Xu‐Cheng He,
- Simo Hakala,
- Xiaolong Fan,
- Siyu Chen,
- Qingxin Ma,
- Veli‐Matti Kerminen,
- Tuukka Petäjä,
- Jinyuan Xin,
- Lin Wang,
- Baoxian Liu,
- Weigang Wang,
- Maofa Ge,
- Jingkun Jiang,
- Yongchun Liu,
- Federico Bianchi,
- Biwu Chu,
- Neil M. Donahue,
- Scot T. Martin,
- Hong He,
- Markku Kulmala
Affiliations
- Yonghong Wang
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Yongjing Ma
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University MA Cambridge USA
- Chao Yan
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Lei Yao
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Runlong Cai
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Shuying Li
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco‐Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
- Zhuohui Lin
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Xiujuan Zhao
- Institute of Urban Meteorology China Meteorological Administration Beijing China
- Rujing Yin
- School of Environment Tsinghua University Beijing China
- Chenjuan Deng
- School of Environment Tsinghua University Beijing China
- Juha Kangasluoma
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Xu‐Cheng He
- Faculty of Science, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
- Simo Hakala
- Faculty of Science, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
- Xiaolong Fan
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Siyu Chen
- College of Atmospheric Sciences Lanzhou University Lanzhou China
- Qingxin Ma
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco‐Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
- Veli‐Matti Kerminen
- Faculty of Science, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
- Tuukka Petäjä
- Faculty of Science, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
- Jinyuan Xin
- Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
- Lin Wang
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering Fudan University Shanghai China
- Baoxian Liu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Airborne Particulate Matter Monitoring Technology Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center Beijing China
- Weigang Wang
- Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
- Maofa Ge
- Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
- Jingkun Jiang
- School of Environment Tsinghua University Beijing China
- Yongchun Liu
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- Federico Bianchi
- Faculty of Science, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
- Biwu Chu
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco‐Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
- Neil M. Donahue
- Carnegie Mellon University Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies PA Pittsburgh USA
- Scot T. Martin
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University MA Cambridge USA
- Hong He
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco‐Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
- Markku Kulmala
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100514
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 50,
no. 6
pp. n/a – n/a
Abstract
Abstract New particle formation (NPF) is a global phenomenon that significantly influences climate. NPF also contributes to haze, with pronounced negative impacts on human health. Theory and observations both show that nucleation is favored during clean days and inhibited during haze episodes due to a high pre‐existing condensation sink (CS). Here we show that the surprising occurrence of NPF during haze days in Beijing is associated with a high concentration of sulfuric acid dimers. With both field observations and model simulations, we demonstrate that downward mixing of sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the residual layer aloft enhances ground level SO2, which in turn elevates sulfuric acid dimer after rapid SO2 oxidation in the polluted air. Our results address a key gap between the source of SO2 and its atmospheric oxidation products during haze conditions in a megacity, Beijing, providing a missing link in a complete chain describing NPF in the polluted atmosphere.
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