Measurement Report: Wintertime new particle formation in the rural area of the North China Plain – influencing factors and possible formation mechanism

• Published in: Atmospheric chemistry and physics Vol. 23; no. 10; pp. 5699 - 5713
• Main Authors: Hong, Juan, Tang, Min, Wang, Qiaoqiao, Ma, Nan, Zhu, Shaowen, Zhang, Shaobin, Pan, Xihao, Xie, Linhong, Li, Guo, Kuhn, Uwe, Yan, Chao, Tao, Jiangchuan, Kuang, Ye, He, Yao, Xu, Wanyun, Cai, Runlong, Zhou, Yaqing, Wang, Zhibin, Zhou, Guangsheng, Yuan, Bin, Cheng, Yafang, Su, Hang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 22.05.2023; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Aerosols; Air masses; Amines; Coagulation; Condensation; Gaseous pollutants; Growth rate; Nucleation; Outdoor air quality; Ozone; Particle formation; Particle size; Polluted environments; Rural areas; Rural environments; Size distribution; Sulfuric acid; Sulphuric acid; Urban areas; Urban environments; VOCs; Volatile organic compounds; China

The high concentration of fine particles and gaseous pollutants makes polluted areas, such as the urban setting of North China Plain (NCP) of China, a different environment for new particle formation (NPF) compared to many clean regions. Such conditions also hold for other polluted environments in t...