Characteristics and Causes of A Typical Particulate Matter Pollution Process in Autumn in Shanghai
Taking a typical particulate matter pollution process in October 2020 in Shanghai as the research object,a light UAV was used to conduct vertical observation of PM2.5 in Dongtan Chongming,Shanghai,the verti-cal distribution characteristics and causes of particulate matter during the pollution period were analyzed combi-ning the monitoring data from surrounding atmospheric superstations and multi-model simulation.The re-sults showed that at 11:00 on the 22nd,the concentration of PM2.5 decreased with the increase of height below 200 m,and increased with the increase of height between 200 m and 400 m,which was related to the weakening of the dilution of oceanic air masses at 400 m and the impact of pollution emission from the surroundings.Nitrate was the main contributor to particulate matter,accounting for 44.4%.The relative humidity at night was 95%.The increases of water content in particulate matter was highly positively correlated with the increase of nitrate(R=0.928),and water vapor promoted NO2 to enter the particulate state through heterogeneous reactions.Sec-ondary conversion sources,biomass and coal combustion played a decisive role in secondary particulate matter pollution.