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10.5194/acp-11-7755-2011

Measurements of gaseous H2SO4 by AP-ID-CIMS during CAREBeijing 2008 Campaign

Zheng

¹ Hu

² Zhang

¹ ² Yue

² ⁶ Wang

² Guo

² Li

² ⁵ Bohn

⁵ Shao

² He

³ Huang

³ Wiedensohler

⁴ Zhu

Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3150, USA

State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig 04318, Germany

Institute für Energie- und Klimaforschung Troposphäre (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany

now at: Guangdong Environmental Monitoring Center, Guangdong, 510308, China

03 08 2011

11 15 7755 7765

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As part of the 2008 Campaign of Air Quality Research in Beijing and Surrounding Regions (CAREBeijing 2008), measurements of gaseous sulfuric acid (H2SO4) have been conducted at an urban site in Beijing, China from 7 July to 25 September 2008 using atmospheric pressure ion drift – chemical ionization mass spectrometry (AP-ID-CIMS). This represents the first gaseous H2SO4 measurements in China. Diurnal profile of sulfuric acid is strongly dependent on the actinic flux, reaching a daily maximum around noontime and with an hourly average concentration of 5 × 106 molecules cm−3. Simulation of sulfuric acid on the basis of the measured sulfur dioxide concentration, photolysis rates of ozone and nitrogen dioxide, and aerosol surface areas captures the trend of the measured H2SO4 diurnal variation within the uncertainties, indicating that photochemical production and condensation onto preexisting particle surface dominate the observed diurnal H2SO4 profile. The frequency of the peak H2SO4 concentration exceeding 5 × 106 molecules cm−3 increases by 16 % during the period of the summer Olympic Games (8–24 August 2008), because of the implementation of air quality control regulations. Using a multivariate statistical method, the critical nucleus during nucleation events is inferred, containing two H2SO4 molecules (R2 = 0.85). The calculated condensation rate of H2SO4 can only account for 10–25 % of PM1 sulfate formation, indicating that either much stronger sulfate production exists at the SO2 source region or other sulfate production mechanisms are responsible for the sulfate production.

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