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Molecular distributions of dicarboxylic acids, oxocarboxylic acids and $alpha $-dicarbonyls in PM$_2.5$ collected at the top of Mt. Tai, North China, during the wheat burning season of 2014: English

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Molecular distributions of dicarboxylic acids, oxocarboxylic acids and $alpha $-dicarbonyls in PM$_2.5$ collected at the top of Mt. Tai, North China, during the wheat burning season of 2014: English. / Zhu, Y.; Yang, L.; Chen, J. et al.
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , Vol. 18, No. 14, 27.07.2018, p. 10741-10758.

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Zhu, Y, Yang, L, Chen, J, Kawamura, K, Sato, M, Tilgner, A, van Pinxteren, D, Chen, Y, Xue, L, Wang, X, Simpson, IJ, Herrmann, H, Blake, DR & Wang, W 2018, 'Molecular distributions of dicarboxylic acids, oxocarboxylic acids and $alpha $-dicarbonyls in PM$_2.5$ collected at the top of Mt. Tai, North China, during the wheat burning season of 2014: English', Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , vol. 18, no. 14, pp. 10741-10758. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10741-2018

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Zhu, Y., Yang, L., Chen, J., Kawamura, K., Sato, M., Tilgner, A., van Pinxteren, D., Chen, Y., Xue, L., Wang, X., Simpson, I. J., Herrmann, H., Blake, D. R., & Wang, W. (2018). Molecular distributions of dicarboxylic acids, oxocarboxylic acids and $alpha $-dicarbonyls in PM$_2.5$ collected at the top of Mt. Tai, North China, during the wheat burning season of 2014: English. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , 18(14), 10741-10758. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10741-2018

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Zhu Y, Yang L, Chen J, Kawamura K, Sato M, Tilgner A et al. Molecular distributions of dicarboxylic acids, oxocarboxylic acids and $alpha $-dicarbonyls in PM$_2.5$ collected at the top of Mt. Tai, North China, during the wheat burning season of 2014: English. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics . 2018 Jul 27;18(14):10741-10758. doi: 10.5194/acp-18-10741-2018

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Zhu, Y. ; Yang, L. ; Chen, J. et al. / Molecular distributions of dicarboxylic acids, oxocarboxylic acids and $alpha $-dicarbonyls in PM$_2.5$ collected at the top of Mt. Tai, North China, during the wheat burning season of 2014 : English. In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics . 2018 ; Vol. 18, No. 14. pp. 10741-10758.

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title = "Molecular distributions of dicarboxylic acids, oxocarboxylic acids and $alpha $-dicarbonyls in PM$_2.5$ collected at the top of Mt. Tai, North China, during the wheat burning season of 2014: English",
abstract = "Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) samples collected at Mount (Mt.) Tai in the North China Plain during summer 2014 were analyzed for dicarboxylic acids and related compounds (oxocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls) (DCRCs). The total concentration of DCRCs was 1050±580 and 1040±490ngm−3 during the day and night, respectively. Although these concentrations were about 2 times lower than similar measurements in 2006, the concentrations reported here were about 1–13 times higher than previous measurements in other major cities in the world. Molecular distributions of DCRCs revealed that oxalic acid (C2) was the dominant species (50%), followed by succinic acid (C4) (12%) and malonic acid (C3) (8%). WRF modeling revealed that Mt. Tai was mostly in the free troposphere during the campaign and long-range transport was a major factor governing the distributions of the measured compounds at Mt. Tai. A majority of the samples (79%) had comparable concentrations during the day and night, with their day–night concentration ratios between 0.9 and 1.1. Multi-day transport was considered an important reason for the similar concentrations. Correlation analyses of DCRCs and their gas precursors and between C2 and sulfate indicated precursor emissions and aqueous-phase oxidations during long-range transport also likely play an important role, especially during the night. Source identification indicated that anthropogenic activities followed by photochemical aging accounted for about 60% of the total variance and were the dominant source at Mt. Tai. However, biomass burning was only important during the first half of the measurement period. Measurements of potassium (K+) and DCRCs were about 2 times higher than those from the second half of the measurement period. The concentration of levoglucosan, a biomass burning tracer, decreased by about 80% between 2006 and 2014, indicating that biomass burning may have decreased between 2006 and 2014.",
author = "Y. Zhu and L. Yang and J. Chen and K. Kawamura and M. Sato and A. Tilgner and {van Pinxteren}, D. and Y. Chen and L. Xue and X. Wang and Simpson, {I. J.} and H. Herrmann and Blake, {D. R.} and W. Wang",
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T1 - Molecular distributions of dicarboxylic acids, oxocarboxylic acids and $alpha $-dicarbonyls in PM$_2.5$ collected at the top of Mt. Tai, North China, during the wheat burning season of 2014

T2 - English

AU - Zhu, Y.

AU - Yang, L.

AU - Chen, J.

AU - Kawamura, K.

AU - Sato, M.

AU - Tilgner, A.

AU - van Pinxteren, D.

AU - Chen, Y.

AU - Xue, L.

AU - Wang, X.

AU - Simpson, I. J.

AU - Herrmann, H.

AU - Blake, D. R.

AU - Wang, W.

PY - 2018/7/27

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N2 - Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) samples collected at Mount (Mt.) Tai in the North China Plain during summer 2014 were analyzed for dicarboxylic acids and related compounds (oxocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls) (DCRCs). The total concentration of DCRCs was 1050±580 and 1040±490ngm−3 during the day and night, respectively. Although these concentrations were about 2 times lower than similar measurements in 2006, the concentrations reported here were about 1–13 times higher than previous measurements in other major cities in the world. Molecular distributions of DCRCs revealed that oxalic acid (C2) was the dominant species (50%), followed by succinic acid (C4) (12%) and malonic acid (C3) (8%). WRF modeling revealed that Mt. Tai was mostly in the free troposphere during the campaign and long-range transport was a major factor governing the distributions of the measured compounds at Mt. Tai. A majority of the samples (79%) had comparable concentrations during the day and night, with their day–night concentration ratios between 0.9 and 1.1. Multi-day transport was considered an important reason for the similar concentrations. Correlation analyses of DCRCs and their gas precursors and between C2 and sulfate indicated precursor emissions and aqueous-phase oxidations during long-range transport also likely play an important role, especially during the night. Source identification indicated that anthropogenic activities followed by photochemical aging accounted for about 60% of the total variance and were the dominant source at Mt. Tai. However, biomass burning was only important during the first half of the measurement period. Measurements of potassium (K+) and DCRCs were about 2 times higher than those from the second half of the measurement period. The concentration of levoglucosan, a biomass burning tracer, decreased by about 80% between 2006 and 2014, indicating that biomass burning may have decreased between 2006 and 2014.

AB - Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) samples collected at Mount (Mt.) Tai in the North China Plain during summer 2014 were analyzed for dicarboxylic acids and related compounds (oxocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls) (DCRCs). The total concentration of DCRCs was 1050±580 and 1040±490ngm−3 during the day and night, respectively. Although these concentrations were about 2 times lower than similar measurements in 2006, the concentrations reported here were about 1–13 times higher than previous measurements in other major cities in the world. Molecular distributions of DCRCs revealed that oxalic acid (C2) was the dominant species (50%), followed by succinic acid (C4) (12%) and malonic acid (C3) (8%). WRF modeling revealed that Mt. Tai was mostly in the free troposphere during the campaign and long-range transport was a major factor governing the distributions of the measured compounds at Mt. Tai. A majority of the samples (79%) had comparable concentrations during the day and night, with their day–night concentration ratios between 0.9 and 1.1. Multi-day transport was considered an important reason for the similar concentrations. Correlation analyses of DCRCs and their gas precursors and between C2 and sulfate indicated precursor emissions and aqueous-phase oxidations during long-range transport also likely play an important role, especially during the night. Source identification indicated that anthropogenic activities followed by photochemical aging accounted for about 60% of the total variance and were the dominant source at Mt. Tai. However, biomass burning was only important during the first half of the measurement period. Measurements of potassium (K+) and DCRCs were about 2 times higher than those from the second half of the measurement period. The concentration of levoglucosan, a biomass burning tracer, decreased by about 80% between 2006 and 2014, indicating that biomass burning may have decreased between 2006 and 2014.

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DO - 10.5194/acp-18-10741-2018

M3 - Journal article

VL - 18

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EP - 10758

JO - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

JF - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

SN - 1680-7316

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