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- Title
Ozone air quality during the 2008 Beijing Olympics - effectiveness of emission restrictions.
- Authors
Wang, Y.; Hao, J.; McElroy, M. B.; Munger, J. W.; Ma, H.; Chen, D.; Nielsen, C. P.
- Abstract
A series of aggressive measures was launched by the Chinese government to reduce pollutant emissions from Beijing and surrounding areas during the Olympic Games. Observations at Miyun, a rural site 100 km downwind of the Beijing urban center, show significant decreases in concentrations of O3, CO, NOy, and SO2 during August 2008, relative to August 2006-2007. The mean daytime mixing ratio of O3 was lower by about 15 ppbv, reduced to 50 ppbv, in August 2008. The relative reductions in daytime SO2, CO, and NOy were 61%, 25%, and 21%, respectively. Changes in SO2 and in species correlations from 2007 to 2008 indicate that emissions of SO2, CO, and NOx were reduced by 60%, 32%, and 36%, respectively, during the Olympics. Analysis of meteorological conditions and interpretation of observations using a chemical transport model suggest that restrictions on emissions during the Olympics were responsible for about 80% of the observed decreases in O3, with natural variations in meteorology accounting for the remaining 20%. Use of the Olympics emissions results in no significant biases between model and observations. The model predicts that emission restrictions such as those implemented during the Olympics can affect O3 far beyond the Beijing urban area, resulting in reductions in boundary layer O3 of 2-10 ppbv over a large region of the North China Plain and Northeastern China.
- Subjects
BEIJING (China); CHINA; AIR quality; AIR pollution; EMISSIONS (Air pollution); ATMOSPHERIC boundary layer; ATMOSPHERIC ozone; ATMOSPHERIC chemistry
- Publication
Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions, 2009, Vol 9, Issue 2, p9927
- ISSN
1680-7367
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/acpd-9-9927-2009