Long-term observations of tropospheric NO2, SO2 and HCHO by MAX-DOAS in Yangtze 
River Delta area, China

Tian, Xin; Xie, Pinhua; Xu, Jin; Li, Ang; Wang, Yang; Qin, Min; Hu, Zhaokun

doi:10.1016/j.jes.2018.03.006

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Long-term observations of tropospheric NO₂, SO₂ and HCHO by MAX-DOAS in Yangtze River Delta area, China

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Wang, Yang
Satellite Remote Sensing, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Tian, X., Xie, P., Xu, J., Li, A., Wang, Y., Qin, M., et al. (2018). Long-term observations of tropospheric NO₂, SO₂ and HCHO by MAX-DOAS in Yangtze River Delta area, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 71, 207-221. doi:10.1016/j.jes.2018.03.006.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0003-068D-8

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Yangtze River Delta (YRD) area is one of the important economic zones in China. However, this area faces increasing environmental problems. In this study, we use ground-based multi-axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) network in Eastern China to retrieve variations of NO2, SO2, and formaldehyde (HCHO) in the YRD area. Three cities of YRD (Hefei, Nanjing, and Shanghai) were selected for long-term observations. This paper presents technical performance and characteristics of instruments, their distribution in YRD, and results of vertical column densities (VCDs) and profiles of NO2, SO2, and HCHO. Average diurnal variations of tropospheric NO2 and SO2 in different seasons over the three stations yielded minimum values at noon or in the early afternoon, whereas tropospheric HCHO reached the maximum during midday hours. Slight reduction of the pollutants in weekends occurred in all the three sites. In general trace gas concentrations gradually reduced from Shanghai to Hefei. Tropospheric VCDs of NO2, SO2, and HCHO were compared with those from Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) satellite observations, resulting in R2 of 0.606, 0.5432, and 0.5566, respectively. According to analysis of regional transports of pollutants, pollution process happened in YRD under the north wind with the pollution dissipating in the southeast wind. The feature is significant in exploring transport of tropospheric trace gas pollution in YRD, and provides basis for satellite and model validation.