JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020

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A (Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences ) » A-AS Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology & Atmospheric Environment

[A-AS04] Formation of Air Pollution and Its Interactions with Weather/Climate

convener:Yang Yang(Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology), Meng Gao(State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis), Guangxing Lin(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

[AAS04-07] Observed dependence of surface ozone on increasing temperature in Shanghai, China

*Yixuan Gu1, Ke Li2, Jianming Xu1, Hong Liao3 (1.Yangtze River Delta Center for Environmental Meteorology Prediction and Warning, 2.John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 3.School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology)

Keywords:Ozone, isoprene, temperature, atmospheric chemistry, Shanghai

Eight-year measurements at urban (Xujiahui, XJH) and remote (Dongtan, DT) stations during 2010-2017 are employed to examine the surface ozone (O3)-temperature relationship in Shanghai, China. O3 pollution was getting worse in Shanghai, with daily maximum O3 concentrations increasing at a rate of 2.45 ppb yr-1 in urban site. The climate penalty (mO3-T), defined as the slope of O3 change with increasing temperature, exhibited largest values in summer. Summertime O3 increased faster as temperature increased, with mean rates of 6.7 and 13.7 ppb °C-1, respectively in XJH and DT above 30°C. Sensitivity experiments indicate that the temperature dependence of biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions should be the main chemical driver of the high-temperature O3 response in summer, since simulated values of mO3-T are most sensitive to the temperature-related changes in biogenic isoprene emissions. NOx emission reductions strengthened the high-temperature O3 response in Shanghai, with summer mean mO3-T values increasing from 1.52 ppb°C-1 during 2010-2012 to 2.97 ppb °C-1 during 2013-2017. As NOx emissions continue to decrease, the dependence of mO3-T on the biogenic VOC emissions could be weakened. Model results suggest that reductions in anthropogenic VOC emission reductions would effectively reduce the sensitively of O3 to increasing temperatures in urban Shanghai. Effective emission reduction strategies should be formulated to balance VOC/NOx ratios, so as to wrestle with the challenges for future O3 pollution.