PM₁₀ weekly periodicity in Beijing and Tianjin, 2000-2009: Anthropogenic or natural contributions?

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• 作者：Yong-Sang Choi ; ^{ysc@ewha.ac.kr} ; Bo-Ram Kim
• 关键词：Weekly cycle ; PM10 ; Aerosol ; Spectral analysis ; Weekly periodicity
• 刊名：Atmospheric Environment
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：11_13522310
• 类别：env
• 出版时间：August, 2012
• 卷：55
• 期：Complete
• 页码：49-55
• 文件大小：1549 K

摘要

This study investigates the weekly periodicity of PM₁₀ (aerosol particulate matter with a diameter <10聽渭m) mass concentrations over Beijing and Tianjin as well as its relationship with synoptic-scale weather variability. The two cities are large air pollutant source regions that are often affected by the same weather system due to their close proximity. Comparison of the two cities, therefore, advances our understanding of the contributions of the weather variability (or anthropogenic emissions) to the weekly periodicity of PM₁₀. Here we analyze PM₁₀ anomalies against weekly means over the past 10 years (2000-2009) on the frequency domain using a fast Fourier transform. Results show that the interannual variabilities of PM₁₀ weekly periodicity, defined as the ratio of 6-8-day variance to 2-14-day variance, between Beijing and Tianjin are correlated in the summer and fall, but are uncorrelated in the spring. In the fall, the higher correlation of PM₁₀ weekly periodicity between the two cities may be associated with strong influence of the natural weather variability as represented by 850-hPa geopotential height, surface diurnal temperature range, and 1000-hPa wind. However, in the spring and summer, the influence of the weather variability on the PM₁₀ weekly periodicity was not identified. The weather variability accounts for 0-85%of the PM₁₀ weekly periodicity variation, with the maximal value in Beijing in the fall. These findings suggest that contribution of the weather variability to shaping the PM₁₀ weekly periodicity over Beijing and Tianjin is restrictive and transient.