Ambient mixing ratios of nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) in two major urban centers of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region: Guangzhou and Dongguan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4393-4408

  Barletta, Barbara ^a   Meinardi, Simone ^a   Simpson, Isobel J ^a   Zou, Shichun ^b   Sherwood Rowland, F ^a   Blake, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Gaschromatography; Nonmethane hydrocarbons; Ozone formation potential; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMBUSTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; OZONE; RIVERS;

NONMETHANE HYDROCARBONS (NMHC); OZONE FORMATION POTENTIAL (OFP); PEARL RIVER DELTA (PRD); URBAN AIR QUALITY;

HYDROCARBONS;

HYDROCARBON;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MIXING RATIO; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; OZONE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMBUSTION; GAS ANALYSIS; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASIA; CHINA; DONGGUAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 43849103349     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.01.028     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Barletta B., Meinardi S., Rowland F.S., Chan C.-Y., Wang X., Zou S., Chan L.-Y., and Blake D.R. Volatile organic compounds in 43 Chinese cities. Atmospheric Environment 39 (2005) 7706-7719
2. Blake D.R., and Rowland F.S. Urban leakage of liquefied petroleum gas and its impact on Mexico City air quality. Science 269 (1995) 953-956
3. Brocco D., Fratarcangeli R., Lepore L., Petricca M., and Ventrone I. Determination of aromatic hydrocarbons in urban air of Rome. Atmospheric Environment 31 (1997) 557-566
4. Carter W.P.L. Development of ozone reactivity scales for volatile organic compounds. Journal of Air and Waste Management Association 44 (1994) 881-899
5. Chan L.Y., Chu K.-W., Zou S.-C., Chan C.-Y., Wang X.-M., Barletta B., Blake D.R., Guo H., and Tsai W.-Y. Characteristics of nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) in industrial, industrial-urban, and industrial suburban atmospheres of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region of South China. Journal of Geophysical Research, (Atmospheres) 111 D11304 (2006) 10.1029/2005JD006481
6. Chang C.-C., Lo J.-G., and Wang J.-L. Assessment of reducing ozone forming potential for vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas as an alternative fuel. Atmospheric Environment 35 (2001) 6201-6211
7. Chen T.-Y., Simpson I.J., Blake D.R., and Rowland F.S. Impact of the leakage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) on Santiago air quality. Geophysical Research Letters 28 (2001) 2193-2196
8. China Statistical Yearbook, 2005. 〈http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2005/indexeh.htm〉 (accessed May 2006).
9. China Statistical Yearbook, 2006. 〈http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2006/indexeh.htm〉 (accessed May 2007).
10. Colman J.J., Swanson A.L., Meinardi S., Sive B.C., Blake D.R., and Rowland F.S. Description of the analysis of a wide range of volatile organic compounds in whole air samples collected during PEM-Tropics A and B. Analytical Chemistry 73 (2001) 3723-3731
11. Goekcek E., and Ertuerk F. Determination of CO and HC emissions for gasoline and LPG-fueled highway motor vehicles. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 12 (2003) 1152-1157
12. Guo H., Wang T., and Louie P.K.K. Source apportionment of ambient non-methane hydrocarbons in Hong Kong: application of a principal component analysis/absolute principal component scores (PCA/APCS) receptor model. Environmental Pollution 129 (2004) 489-498
13. Guo H., Wang T., Blake D.R., Simpson I.J., Kwok Y.H., and Li Y.S. Regional and local contributions to ambient non-methane volatile organic compounds at a polluted rural/coastal site in Pearl River Delta, China. Atmospheric Environment 40 (2006) 2345-2359
14. 8 volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere of Hong Kong: overview of atmospheric processing and source apportionment. Atmospheric Environment 41 (2007) 1456-1472
15. Ho K.F., Lee S.C., and Chiu G.M.Y. Characterization of selected volatile organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and carbonyl compounds at a roadside monitoring station. Atmospheric Environment 36 (2002) 57-65
16. Ho K.F., Lee S.C., Guo H., and Tsai W.Y. Seasonal and diurnal variations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere of Hong Kong. Science of the Total Environment 322 (2004) 155-166
17. Jaimes-López J.L., Sandoval-Fernández J., González-Ortíz E., Vázquez-García M., González-Macías U., and Zambrano-García A. Effect of liquefied petroleum gas on ozone formation in Guadalajara and Mexico City. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association 55 (2005) 841-846
18. JPL publication 02-25, 2003. Chemical kinetics and photochemical data for use in atmospheric studies. Evaluation number 14, 1 February 2003.
19. Klimont Z., Streets D.G., Gupta S., Cofala J., Lixin F., and Ichikawa Y. Anthropogenic emissions of non-methane volatile organic compounds in China. Atmospheric Environment 36 (2002) 1309-1322
20. Luis J.-L.J., Julio S.-F., Uriel G.-M., and Emmanuel G.-O. Liquefied petroleum gas effect on ozone formation in Mexico City. Atmospheric Environment 37 (2003) 2327-2335
21. Monod A., Sive B.C., Avino P., Chen T., Blake D.R., and Rowland F.S. Monoaromatic compounds in ambient air of various cities: a focus on correlations between the xylenes and ethylbenzene. Atmospheric Environment 35 (2001) 135-149
22. Perry R., and Gee I.L. Vehicle emissions in relation to fuel composition. The Science of the Total Environment 169 (1995) 149-156
23. 12 non-methane hydrocarbons in subtropical Hong Kong: spatial-temporal variations, source-receptor relationships and photochemical reactivity. Science of the Total Environment 328 (2004) 161-174
24. Tang J., Chan C.Y., Wang X., Chan L.Y., Sheng G., and Fu J. Volatile organic compounds in a multi-storey shopping mall in Guangzhou, South China. Atmospheric Environment 39 (2005) 7374-7383
25. Wang T., Poon C.N., Kwok Y.H., and Li Y.S. Characterizing the temporal variability and emission patterns of pollution plumes in the Pearl River Delta of China. Atmospheric Environment 37 (2003) 3539-3550
26. Wang T., Guo H., Blake D.R., Kwok Y.H., Simpson I.J., and Li Y.S. Measurements of trace gases in the inflow of South China Sea background air and outflow of regional pollution at Tai O, Southern China. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry (2005) 295-317
27. Wang T.J., Lam K.S., Xie M., Wang X.M., Charmichael G., and Li Y.S. Integrated studies of a photochemical smog episode in Hong Kong and regional transport in the Pearl River Delta. Chemical and Physical Meteorology 58B 1 (2006) 31-40
28. Zhang J., Wang T., Chameides W.L., Cardelino C., Kwok J., Blake D.R., Ding A., and So K.L. Ozone production and hydrocarbon reactivity in Hong Kong, Southern China. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 7 (2007) 557-573
29. 10 and CO while walking along streets in urban Guangzhou, China. Atmospheric Environment 38 (2004) 6177-6184