Articles | Volume 18, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11261-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11261-2018
Research article
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13 Aug 2018
Research article |  | 13 Aug 2018

Summertime fine particulate nitrate pollution in the North China Plain: increasing trends, formation mechanisms and implications for control policy

Liang Wen, Likun Xue, Xinfeng Wang, Caihong Xu, Tianshu Chen, Lingxiao Yang, Tao Wang, Qingzhu Zhang, and Wenxing Wang

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We present the first piece of observational evidence of the increasing trend of fine nitrate aerosol in the North China Plain (NCP) during 2005–2015. The summertime nitrate formation mechanism is dissected with a multiphase chemical box model based on observations at three different sites. The nitrate formation is most sensitive to NO2 and to a lesser extent to O3. NH3 plays a significant role in prompting the nitrate formation, but it is usually in excess in summer in the NCP region.
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