Observation of biogenic secondary organic aerosols in the atmosphere of a mountain site in central China: temperature and relative humidity effects
Author:
Li J. J., Wang G. H.ORCID, Cao J. J., Wang X. M.ORCID, Zhang R. J.ORCID
Abstract
Abstract. Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) derived from isoprene, pinene and caryophyllene were determined for PM10 and size-segregated (9-stage) aerosols collected at the summit (2060 m, a.s.l.) of Mt. Hua, central China during the summer of 2009. Concentrations of estimated isoprene, α-/β-pinene and β-caryophyllene derived SOC are 81± 53, 29 ± 14 and 98 ± 53 ng m−3, accounting for 2.7± 1.0%, 0.8 ± 0.2% and 2.1 ± 1.0% of OC, respectively. Concentrations of biogenic (BSOA, the isoprene/pinene/caryophyllene oxidation products) and anthropogenic (ASOA, mainly aromatic acids) SOA positively correlated with temperature (R=0.57–0.90). However, a decreasing trend of BSOA concentration with an increase in relative humidity (RH) was observed during the sampling period, although a clear trend between ASOA and RH was not found. Based on the AIM Model calculation, we found that during the sampling period an increase in RH resulted in a decrease in the aerosol acidity and thus reduced the effect of acid-catalysis on BSOA formation. Size distribution measurement showed that most of the determined isoprene derived SOA may form in aerosol phase and enriched in the fine mode (<2.1μm). 3-Hydroxyglutaric acid, 3-methyl-1,2,3-butanetricarboxylic acid and β-caryophyllinic acid are only presented in fine particles. However, cis-pinonic acid presents a large peak in the coarse mode (>2.1 μm) due to its highly volatile nature.
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Copernicus GmbH
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