Source contributions to primary and secondary inorganic particulate matter during a severe wintertime PM2.5 pollution episode in Xi'an, China

• Published in: Atmospheric environment (1994) Vol. 97; pp. 182 - 194
• Main Authors: Wang, Dexiang, Hu, Jianlin, Xu, Yong, Lv, Di, Xie, Xiaoyang, Kleeman, Michael, Xing, Jia, Zhang, Hongliang, Ying, Qi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: aerosols; air quality; Applied sciences; atmospheric chemistry; Atmospheric pollution; biomass; burning; carbon; China; combustion; EDGAR; emissions; energy; Exact sciences and technology; industry; monitoring; nitrates; Particulate matter; particulates; Pollutants physicochemistry study: properties, effects, reactions, transport and distribution; Pollution; Source apportionment; sulfates; sulfur dioxide; transportation; winter; WRF/CMAQ; Xi'an; Asia; China; WRF/CMAQ; Xi'an; EDGAR; Source apportionment; Particulate matter; High atmospheric pollution episode; Winter; Fine particle; Aerosols; Pollution source inventory; Air pollution; Anthropogenic factor

Average PM2.5 concentrations of ∼250 μg m−3 and peak concentrations of ∼500 μg m−3 were observed in Xi'an, the largest city in Northwest China during an extreme event in January 2013. The source-oriented versions of the Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) model with anthropogenic emissions...