Novel Method for Ozone Isopleth Construction and Diagnosis for the Ozone Control Strategy of Chinese Cities.

Authors
Sun, Zhe 
Chen, Yilin 
Russell, Armistead G 
Hu, Yongtao 

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Abstract

Ozone (O3) isopleths describe the nonlinear responses of O3 concentrations to changes in nitrogen oxides (NOX) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and thus are pivotal to the determination of O3 control requirements. In this study, we innovatively use the Community Multiscale Air Quality model with the high-order decoupled direct method (CMAQ-HDDM) to simulate O3 pollution of China in 2017 and derive O3 isopleths for individual cities. Our simulation covering the entire China Mainland suggests severe O3 pollution as 97% of the residents experienced at least 1 day, in 2017, in excess of Chinese Level-II Ambient Air Quality Standards for O3 as 160 μg·m-3 (81.5 ppbV equally). The O3 responses to emissions of precursors vary widely across individual cities. Densely populated metropolitan areas such as Jing-Jin-Ji, Yangtze River Delta, and Pearl River Delta are following NOX-saturated regimes, where a small amount of NOX reduction increases O3. Ambient O3 pollution in the eastern region generally is limited by VOCs, while in the west by NOX. The city-specific O3 isopleths generated in this study are instrumental in forming hybrid and differentiated strategies for O3 abatement in China.

Publication Date
2021-12-07
Online Publication Date
2021-11-17
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Keywords
CMAQ-HDDM, EKMA, air pollution, decoupled direct method, nitrogen oxide, ozone abatement, ozone isopleth, volatile organic compounds, Air Pollutants, Air Pollution, China, Cities, Environmental Monitoring, Ozone, Volatile Organic Compounds
Journal Title
Environ Sci Technol
Journal ISSN
0013-936X
1520-5851
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Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)