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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2647
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2647
15 Dec 2023
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A large role of missing volatile organic compounds reactivity from anthropogenic emissions in ozone pollution regulation

Wenjie Wang, Bin Yuan, Hang Su, Yafang Cheng, Jipeng Qi, Sihang Wang, Wei Song, Xinming Wang, Chaoyang Xue, Chaoqun Ma, Fengxia Bao, Hongli Wang, Shengrong Lou, and Min Shao

Abstract. There are thousands of VOC species in ambient air, while existing techniques can only detect a small part of them (~ several hundred). The large number of unmeasured VOCs prevents us from understanding the photochemistry of ozone and aerosols in the atmosphere. The major sources and photochemical effects of these unmeasured VOCs in urban areas remain unclear. The missing VOC reactivity, which is defined as the total OH reactivity of the unmeasured VOCs, is a good indicator to constrain the photochemical effect of unmeasured VOCs. Here, we identified the dominant role of anthropogenic emission sources in the missing VOC reactivity (accounting for up to 70 %) by measuring missing VOC reactivity and tracer-based source analysis in a typical megacity in China. VOC reactivity from anthropogenic emissions will remarkably affect the diagnosis of sensitivity regimes for ozone formation, overestimating the degree of VOC-limited regime by up to 46 %. Therefore, a thorough quantification of missing VOC reactivity from various anthropogenic emission sources is urgently needed for constraints of air quality models and the development of effective ozone control strategies.

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04 Apr 2024
A large role of missing volatile organic compound reactivity from anthropogenic emissions in ozone pollution regulation
Wenjie Wang, Bin Yuan, Hang Su, Yafang Cheng, Jipeng Qi, Sihang Wang, Wei Song, Xinming Wang, Chaoyang Xue, Chaoqun Ma, Fengxia Bao, Hongli Wang, Shengrong Lou, and Min Shao
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 4017–4027, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-4017-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-4017-2024, 2024
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This study investigate the important role of unmeasured volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in...
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