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Title: Asian dust storm observed at a rural mountain site in southern China : chemical evolution and heterogeneous photochemistry
Authors: Nie, W
Wang, T 
Xue, L
Ding, AJ
Wang, X
Gao, X
Xu, Z
Yu, YC
Yuan, C
Zhou, ZS
Gao, R
Liu, XH
Wang, Y
Fan, SJ
Poon, S
Zhang, Q
Wang, W
Issue Date: 17-Dec-2012
Source: Atmospheric chemistry and physics, 17 Dec. 2012, v. 12, no. 24, p. 11985-11995
Abstract: Heterogeneous processes on dust particles are important for understanding the chemistry and radiative balance of the atmosphere. This paper investigates an intense Asian dust storm episode observed at Mount Heng (1269 m a.s.l.) in southern China on 24–26 April 2009. A set of aerosol and trace gas data collected during the study was analyzed to investigate their chemical evolution and heterogeneous photochemistry as the dust traveled to southern China. Results show that the mineral dust arriving at Mt. Heng experienced significant modifications during transport, with large enrichments in secondary species (sulfate, nitrate, and ammonium) compared with the dust composition collected at an upwind mountain top site (Mount Hua). A photochemical age "clock" (−Log ₁₀(NO[sub x]/NO[sub y])) was employed to quantify the atmospheric processing time. The result indicates an obvious increase in the abundance of secondary water-soluble ions in dust particles with the air mass atmospheric processing time. Based on the observations, a 4-stage evolution process is proposed for carbonate-containing Asian dust, starting from fresh dust to particles coated with hydrophilic and acidic materials. Daytime-enhanced nitrite formation on the dust particles was also observed, which indicates the recent laboratory result of the TiO ₂ photocatalysis of NO ₂ as a potential source of nitrite and nitrous acid. (See Article file for details of the abstract.)
Keywords: Aerosol
Atmospheric transport
Chemical composition
Dust storm
Heterogeneous medium
Mountain region
Nitrite
Photochemistry
Radiation balance
Trace gas
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
Journal: Atmospheric chemistry and physics 
ISSN: 1680-7316
EISSN: 1680-7324
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-11985-2012
Rights: © Author(s) 2012. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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