Open AccessA study on the characteristics of Ozone Weekend Effect and reaction sensitivity in Chengdu
Author(s) -
Hefan Liu,
Ye Deng,
Fengxia Huang,
Tianyue Zhang,
Xinyue Yang,
Xin Zhang,
Danlin Song,
Yan Chen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/467/1/012160
Subject(s) - ozone , nox , air quality index , environmental science , period (music) , pollution , air pollution , photochemistry , chemistry , environmental chemistry , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , geography , geology , ecology , physics , organic chemistry , acoustics , biology , combustion
This study improved the computation theory “Ozone Weekend Effect Method” (OWEM) and analyzed the 2016 observation data from the state-controlled ambient air quality monitoring sites in Chengdu using the OWEM theory. The improved OWEM theory is then applied to processing large sample data and making a judgment on photochemical reaction sensitivity in Chengdu. The result of applying the OWEM theory to Chengdu shows 1) that the VOCs-limited period, the NOx-limited period and the photochemical reaction steady-state period, R t , accounted for 66.06%, 33.64% and 0.30%, respectively; 2) that on a seasonal basis, i.e. in the ozone photochemical reaction occurring in spring, summer, autumn and winter 2016 in Chengdu, the VOCs-limited period accounted for 59.40%, 72.49%, 63.85% and 68.49% of the 2016 observed data, respectively, and the NOx-limited period accounted for 39.70%, 27.51%, 36.15% and 31.19%respectively; 3) that in the VOCs-limited period and the NOx-limited period of August 2016, the month when the most serious ozone pollution of that year occurred in Chengdu, R t accounted for 70.0% and 30.0%, respectively, and that there was no photochemical reaction steady-state zone period that month; 4) and that through estimation, it is suggested that as for the ozone pollution control of Chengdu, the ratio of VOCs emission reduction to NOx emission reduction should be around 3:1.