In:
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Copernicus GmbH, Vol. 20, No. 22 ( 2020-11-20), p. 14091-14102
Abstract:
Abstract. Black carbon (BC) particles in Beijing summer haze play an important role in the regional radiation balance and related environmental processes.
Understanding the factors that lead to variability of the impacts of BC remains limited. Here, we present observations by a soot-particle aerosol
mass spectrometer (SP-AMS) of BC-containing submicron particulate matter (BC−PM1) in Beijing, China, during summer 2017. These observations were
compared to concurrently measured total non-refractory submicron particulate matter (NR−PM1) by a high-resolution aerosol mass
spectrometer (HR-AMS). Distinct properties were observed between NR−PM1 and BC−PM1 relevant to organic aerosol (OA)
composition. Hydrocarbon-like OA (HOA) in BC−PM1 was found to be up to 2-fold higher than that in NR−PM1 in fresh vehicle
emissions, suggesting that a part of HOA in BC−PM1 may be overestimated, likely due to the change of collection efficiency of
SP-AMS. Cooking-related OA was only identified in NR−PM1, whereas aged biomass burning OA (A-BBOA) was a unique factor only identified
in BC−PM1. The A-BBOA was linked to heavily coated BC, which may lead to enhancement of the light absorption ability of BC by a factor
of 2 via the “lensing effect”. More-oxidized oxygenated OA identified in BC-containing particles was found to be slightly different from that
observed by HR-AMS, mainly due to the influence of A-BBOA. Overall, these findings highlight that BC in urban Beijing is partially of agricultural
fire origin and that a unique biomass-burning-related OA associated with BC may be ubiquitous in aged BC−PM1, and this OA may play a role in
affecting air quality and climate that has not previously been fully considered.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1680-7324
DOI:
10.5194/acp-20-14091-2020
DOI:
10.5194/acp-20-14091-2020-supplement
Language:
English
Publisher:
Copernicus GmbH
Publication Date:
2020
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2069847-1
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