Xiaona Shang1, Meehye Lee 1, Jihyun Han1, Eunha Kang2, Sang Woo Kim3, Örjan Gustafsson4, Limseok Chang5


Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Suwon Research Institute, Suwon, Korea
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Department of Applied Environmental Science (ITM) and the Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon, Korea



Received: April 11, 2017
Revised: October 17, 2017
Accepted: October 17, 2017
Download Citation: ||https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2017.03.0115  


Cite this article:
Shang, X., Lee, M., Han, J., Kang, E., Kim, S.W., Gustafsson, Ö. and Chang, L. (2018). Identification and Chemical Characteristics of Distinctive Chinese Outflow Plumes Associated with Enhanced Submicron Aerosols at the Gosan Climate Observatory. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. 18: 330-342. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2017.03.0115


HIGHLIGHTS

  • The distinct submicron aerosol plumes were identified in Chinese outflows.
  • Visibility reduction in biomass-combustion haze was explained by SO42– and OC.
  • Urban emission was characterized by particle burst with high SO2 concentration.
  • Saline influence was revealed by elevated Ca2+ and salt species in PM1.0.

ABSTRACT


From October till November in 2010 and during March of 2011, when Chinese outflow events were frequently encountered, the chemical composition of submicron particles (PM1.0) was determined hourly using a particle-into-liquid sampler at the Gosan Climate Observatory. Three distinctive pollution plume types were identified: haze aerosols impacted by biomass combustion, nanoparticle bursts associated with outflow from Beijing, and saline soil particles from salt deposits. The highest PM1.0 concentration was observed in a fall haze event, under near-stagnant high-pressure synoptic conditions that were characterized by the lowest visibility (< 5 km) and the highest K+ and OC concentrations, indicating the influence of biomass combustion. When strong high-pressure systems develop in China, they efficiently export fresh urban emissions from Beijing to the study region, as distinguished by nanoparticle bursts of > 104 cm–3 with highly elevated SO2 levels, even during the night. When air masses move rapidly from northeastern China to Gosan under strong wind conditions, the Ca2+ concentration, along with that of Cl and Na+, is enhanced in PM1.0, which is attributed to the influence of saline transport from dry lakes. The results of this study reveal compositional details and information on both number and mass concentration for different PM1.0 plumes from anthropogenic and natural sources, all of which are associated with different kinds of Chinese outflow events.


Keywords: Submicron particles; Particle-into-liquid sampler; Chinese outflow plume; Haze; Gosan.

 



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