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[ACG42-06] Impacts of ammonia on gas-particle partition and AWC during the 2016 APHH-Beijing campaign: inducing effects of nitrate ammonium
キーワード:Ammonia, partition, aerosol acidity, APHH-Beijing, PM2.5, NCP
Atmospheric NH3 plays a vital role not only in the environmental ecosystem but also in atmosphere chemistry. To fully understand the effects of NH3 on the formation of haze pollution in Beijing, ambient NH3 and related species were measured at high resolutions during the wintertime Air Pollution and Human Health-Beijing (APHH-Beijing) campaign in 2016. Simulations were made to gain insights into impacts of NH3 on the formation of secondary inorganic aerosols (SIAs) and regional fine particle pollution. We found that the total NHx (gaseous NH3+particle NH4+) was mostly in excess of the SO42--NO3--NH4+-water equilibrium system during our campaign. This NHx excess made medium aerosol acidity, with the median pH value being 3.6 and 4.5 for polluted and non-polluted conditions, respectively, and enhanced the formation of particle phase nitrate. During polluted periods, SIAs contributed most to PM2.5 and were highly correlated with aerosol water content (AWC), indicating the importance of heterogeneous reactions in haze formation. Our analysis suggests that NH4NO3 is the most important factor driving the formation of AWC, with NO3- controlling the prior pollution stage and NH4+ the most polluted stage. Increased formation of NH4NO3 under excess NHx, especially during the nighttime, may trigger the decreasing of aerosol DRH and hence lead to hygroscopic growth even under lower RH conditions and the wet aerosol particles become better medium for rapid heterogeneous reactions. A further increase of RH promotes the positive feedback "AWC-heterogeneous reactions" and ultimately leads to the formation of severe haze. Both our observational and modelling results suggest that the control of NH3 may be more effective in reducing PM2.5 under current emissions conditions in the North China Plain (NCP).