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- Title
Concentration, sources, and flux of dissolved organic carbon of precipitation at Lhasa city, the Tibetan Plateau.
- Authors
Li, Chaoliu; Yan, Fangping; Kang, Shichang; Chen, Pengfei; Qu, Bin; Hu, Zhaofu; Sillanpää, Mika
- Abstract
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) plays an important role in the climate system, but few data are available on the Tibetan Plateau (TP). In this study, 89 precipitation samples were collected at Lhasa, the largest city of southern Tibet, from March to December 2013. The average concentration and wet deposition flux of DOC was 1.10 mg C L and 0.63 g C m year, respectively. Seasonally, low DOC concentration and high flux appeared during the monsoon period, which were in line with heavy precipitation amount, reflecting dilution effect of precipitation for the DOC. Compared to other regions, the values of Lhasa were lower than those of large cities (e.g., Beijing and Seoul) mainly because of less air pollution of Lhasa. The principal component analysis (PCA) of DOC and ions (Ca, Mg, Na, K, NH, Cl, NO, and SO) showed that DOC of Lhasa was derived mainly from the natural sources, followed by anthropogenic burning activities. Furthermore, △C value of DOC indicated that fossil fuel combustion contributed around 28 % of the rainwater DOC of Lhasa, indicating that the atmosphere of Lhasa has been influenced by emission from fossil fuel combustion or high-temperature industrial processes.
- Subjects
TIBETAN Plateau; LHASA (China); CARBON compounds -- Environmental aspects; AIR pollution; FOSSIL fuels &; the environment; COMBUSTION -- Environmental aspects
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 13, p12915
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-016-6455-1