Journal
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 814-823Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.11.032
Keywords
Ground-level ozone; Temporal; Spatial characteristics; HYSPLIT model
Funding
- Chinese National 863 Key High-Tech Scientific Programs [2006AA06A308]
- Department of Education of China [NCET-08-208]
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The ambient air quality monitoring data of 2006 and 2007 from a recently established Pearl River Delta (PRD) regional air quality monitoring network are analyzed to investigate the characteristics of ground-level ozone in the region. Four sites covering urban, suburban, rural and coastal areas are selected as representatives for detailed analysis in this paper. The results show that there are distinct seasonal and diurnal cycles in ground-level ozone across the PRD region. Low ozone concentrations are generally observed in summer, while high O(3) levels are typically found in autumn. The O(3) diurnal variations in the urban areas are larger than those at the rural sites. The O(3) concentrations showed no statistically significant difference between weekend and weekdays in contrast to the findings in many other urban areas in the world. The average ozone concentrations are lower in urban areas compared to the sites outside urban centers. Back trajectories are used to show the major air-mass transport patterns and to examine the changes in ozone from the respective upwind sites to a site in the center of the PRD (Wanqingsha). The results show higher average ozone concentrations at the upwind sites in the continental and coastal air masses, but higher 1 h-max O(3) concentrations (by 8-16 ppbv) at the center PRD site under each of air-mass category, suggesting that the ozone pollution in the PRD region exhibits both regional and super-regional characteristics. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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