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A Comparative Investigation on the Characteristics of Nocturnal Ozone Enhancement Events and Their Effects on Ground-level Ozone and PM2.5 in the Central City of the Yellow River Delta, China, in 2022 and 2023

Version 1 : Received: 5 February 2024 / Approved: 6 February 2024 / Online: 6 February 2024 (07:14:26 CET)

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An, C.; Yan, Y.; Gao, X.; Yan, X.; Ji, Y.; Shang, F.; Li, J.; Tan, L.; Gao, R.; Bi, F.; Li, H. A Comparative Investigation of the Characteristics of Nocturnal Ozone Enhancement Events and Their Effects on Ground-Level Ozone and PM2.5 in the Central City of the Yellow River Delta, China, in 2022 and 2023. Atmosphere 2024, 15, 475. An, C.; Yan, Y.; Gao, X.; Yan, X.; Ji, Y.; Shang, F.; Li, J.; Tan, L.; Gao, R.; Bi, F.; Li, H. A Comparative Investigation of the Characteristics of Nocturnal Ozone Enhancement Events and Their Effects on Ground-Level Ozone and PM2.5 in the Central City of the Yellow River Delta, China, in 2022 and 2023. Atmosphere 2024, 15, 475.

Abstract

In recent years, nocturnal ozone enhancement(NOE) events have become a hot research topic in the field of atmospheric environment. By using statistically-based data analysis, we made a comparative investigation about nocturnal ozone concentrations and NOE events in 2022 and 2023, and further explored the effects of NOE events on O3 and PM2.5 at the night of the same day and the next day. The results showed that from 2022 to 2023 in Dongying, the annual average nocturnal ozone concentrations increased from 51 μg/m3 to 59 μg/m3, and the frequency of NOE events was higher in spring, summer and autumn, and lower in winter. NOE events not only had an obvious promoting effect on nocturnal O3 and Ox, and the daily maximum 8 h average concentration of O3 (MDA8-O3) of the same day (more apparent in summer and autumn), and nocturnal PM2.5 and PM2.5-bounded NO3- and SO42- (more apparent in winter), but also had a distinct influence on O3, Ox and MDA8-O3 of the next day (more apparent in summer). The results could strengthen the understanding of the phenomena of NOE events, and provide a scientific basis for the collaborative control of PM2.5 and ozone in urban areas in the Yellow River Delta, China.

Keywords

nocturnal ozone(O3); PM2.5; effect; secondary pollution; the Yellow River Delta

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science and Meteorology

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