Analysis of a Typical Heavy Air Pollution Process and Causes in Winter in Dingzhou City
Taking the heavily air pollution in Dingzhou City Hebei Province from December 6 to 17,2019 as an example,the weather situation,pollution characteristics,pollution causes,transportation paths,and potential source areas of this heavily polluted weather process were analyzed using a combination of characteristic radar charts,HYSPLIT-4 backward trajectory model,numerical simulation,and observation data statistics.The results indicate that:① In this air pollution process,static stability,high humidity,inversion,and lower boundary layer are external factors,and local accumulation and regional transmission lead to increased pollution.With the in-crease of humidity,PM2.5/PM10 aggregates towards the range of 50%~100%,indicating that the increase of hu-midity has a significant impact on the acceleration of the secondary conversion rate of particulate matter;The pol-lution characteristics of Dingzhou City are characterized by a relatively large proportion of comprehensive,sec-ondary,and coal-fired types(31%,28%,and 16%respectively).During high pollution periods,secondary trans-formation is mainly affected.Under unfavorable meteorological conditions,gaseous pollutants transform into par-ticulate matter,and the increase in particle moisture absorption significantly increases PM2.5 concentration,which is locally affected by coal-fired sources.The heavy pollution process this time is mainly affected by local pollu-tion sources(accounting for 30%to 58%)emissions,followed by significant contributions from surrounding are-as such as Baoding City(17%to 34%)and Shijiazhuang City(8%to 27%).The contribution from long-distance transportation such as Shandong,Shanxi,and Henan is relatively small.Among local emission sources,township pollution is prominent.(2)Dingzhou City launched an emergency orange warning for heavy pollution from De-cember 6 to 17,2019.The reduction in pollutants was not significant,with a reduction of about 11.37 μg/m3 and a reduction ratio of 12%.The air quality increased from 4 days before the control to 5 days after the control in Hebei.In addition to the contributions of the local and Hebei provinces,about 10%of Dingzhou City comes from Shandong,Henan,and Shanxi.Therefore,although the early warning measures only target the entire Hebei Prov-ince with certain emission reduction effects,they still cannot achieve the desired effect,especially for transporta-tion in distant regions.To avoid serious air pollution under poor atmospheric diffusion conditions,cooperation be-tween regions is particularly important.
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