Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (3): 445-450.doi: 10.11934/j.issn.1673-4831.2016.03.017

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Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Ozone Pollution Over Yangtze River Delta Region.

LIU Zhi-jun, XIE Xiao-xun, XIE Min, WANG Ti-jian, ZHU Xin-sheng, OUYANG Yan, FENG Wen, ZHU Kuan-guang, SHU Lei   

  1. School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
  • Received:2015-07-08 Online:2016-05-25 Published:2016-05-27

Abstract:

Based on the hourly ozone concentration data accumulated by the environmental monitoring stations in 16 cities during the period from June 27, 2013 to May 30, 2014, spatio-temporal distribution of ozone pollution over the Yangtze River Delta Region was analyzed and characterized. Results show that the annual mean O3 concentrations in coastal cities were all over 60 μg·m-3, much higher than those, being below 50 μg·m-3, in inland cities, and the distribution of NO2 was just opposite to that of O3 in pattern. O3 concentration in the region varied seasaonally, that is, high in summer, and low in winter, particularly in December. In summer, the over standard rate of O3 concentration was very high, going beyond 25% in 5 of the 16 cities, and in spring it was also high, particularly in Nanjing reaching over 20%. The daily variation of O3 concentration was a typical "single-peak" pattern, regardless seasons. The lowest value appeared at about 6 a.m. in summer, and an hour later in all the other seasons. The peak value appeared at about 3 p.m. in all the seasons. In summer the peak value might reach as high as 168 μg·m-3 while in winter the peak value was 85 μg·m-3.

Key words: Yangtze River Delta, ozone pollution, spatio-temporal distribution

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