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Puzzling Haze Events in China During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Shutdown
#MMPMID32836517
Chang Y
; Huang RJ
; Ge X
; Huang X
; Hu J
; Duan Y
; Zou Z
; Liu X
; Lehmann MF
Geophys Res Lett
2020[Jun]; 47
(12
): e2020GL088533
PMID32836517
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It is a puzzle as to why more severe haze formed during the New Year Holiday in
2020 (NYH-20), when China was in an unprecedented state of shutdown to contain
the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, than in 2019 (NYH-19). We performed a
comprehensive measurement and modeling analysis of the aerosol chemistry and
physics at multiple sites in China (mainly in Shanghai) before, during, and after
NYH-19 and NYH-20. Much higher secondary aerosol fraction in PM(2.5) were
observed during NYH-20 (73%) than during NYH-19 (59%). During NYH-20, PM(2.5)
levels correlated significantly with the oxidation ratio of nitrogen (r
(2) = 0.77, p < 0.01), and aged particles from northern China were found to
impede atmospheric new particle formation and growth in Shanghai. A markedly
enhanced efficiency of nitrate aerosol formation was observed along the transport
pathways during NYH-20, despite the overall low atmospheric NO(2) levels.