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Photochemical Pollution Indicators in the Subtropics

Klasinc, Leo; Cvitaš, Tomislav; McGlynn, Sean P.; Hu, Min; Tang, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Yuanhang (2011) Photochemical Pollution Indicators in the Subtropics. Croatica Chemica Acta, 84 (1). pp. 11-16. ISSN 0011-1643

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Abstract

Indicators evaluated from the long-term hourly averages of ozone volume fractions at air monitoring sites are proposed as measures of the photochemical pollution exposure at those sites. These indicators are based on the average of the daily maximum-to-minimum ratio during the period of maximum ozone production and are corrected a), for the average maximum to average total ozone ratio (indicator P(1)) and b), for the number of hours the limit ozone volume ratio limit of 80 ppb was exceeded (indicator P(2)). These indicators are then combined into P(3) as their geometrical mean. The rationale for the introduction of a new set of indicators is based on the suspicion that ozone volume fractions do not provide information either on the total daily ozone that is produced or on the fraction of it that has produced other photochemical pollution components despite that ozone correlates quite well with some of them. Unlike the European stations, where every case in excess of the 80 ppb limit occurs within the April to September "growth period", stations in the subtropics have longer periods (e.g. at Greater Baton Rouge (GBR), USA, for 2001 to 2008) are shifted towards later months June to November (e.g. the Pearl River Delta (PRD) in China for 2006). While GBR and the rural PRD stations exhibit indicators close to those of polluted stations in northern Italy (Po Valley), the (sub)urban PRD stations have high photochemical pollution indicators. However, a surprisingly low indicator level occurs for the coastal Hong Kong stations for reasons possibly attributable to the prevailing easterly winds which bring fresh air and airborne sea-salt particulates.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ambient ozone; photochemical pollution; pollution indicators
Subjects: NATURAL SCIENCES > Chemistry
Divisions: Division of Physical Chemistry
Projects:
Project titleProject leaderProject codeProject type
Mjerenje i djelovanje atmosferskih oksidansa[21130] Leo Klasinc098-0982915-2947MZOS
Depositing User: Leo Klasinc
Date Deposited: 16 Oct 2013 09:28
URI: http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/796
DOI: 10.5562/cca1807

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