Variation Trend and Characteristics of Anthropogenic CO Column Content in the Atmosphere over Beijing and Moscow

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1 ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCE LETTERS, 214, VOL. 7, NO. 3, Variation Trend and Characteristics of Anthropogenic CO Column Content in the Atmosphere over Beijing and Moscow WANG Pu-Cai 1, Georgy S. GOLITSYN 2, WANG Geng-Chen 1, Evgeny I. GRECHKO 2, Vadim S. RAKITIN 2, Ekaterina V. FOKEEVA 2, and Anatoly V. DZHOLA 2 1 Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 129, China 2 А. М. Оbukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Received 3 December 213; revised 29 January 214; accepted 5 March 214; published 16 May 214 Abstract The anthropogenic CO column content in the atmosphere is derived from measurements with infrared grating spectrometers in Beijing, China, and Moscow, Russia, during Some specific variation characteristics and long-term variation trends of the CO column content in the atmosphere in these regions are discussed. An evident variation trend of anthropogenic CO in the atmosphere for the Beijing region is not observed during , while for the Moscow region, it decreases yearly by about 1.4% for the same period. High CO concentrations appear quite frequently in Beijing, but much less frequently in Moscow, except during the natural fire events in summer 21. From back trajectory analysis, the high CO concentration observed in Beijing can be attributed to the intensive CO emission sources in its surrounding areas. Keywords: anthropogenic CO column content, infrared grating spectrometer, air pollution Citation: Wang, P.-C., G. S. Golitsyn, G.-C. Wang, et al., 214: Variation trend and characteristics of anthropogenic CO column content in the atmosphere over Beijing and Moscow, Atmos. Oceanic Sci. Lett., 7, , doi: /j.issn Introduction Anthropogenic CO concentration in the atmosphere, particularly over metropolitan regions, is attracting increasing attention from both scientists and policymakers around the world. CO, as an active minor constituent and gas pollutant in the atmosphere, plays an important role in atmospheric chemical processes. A change of CO concentration certainly affects the equilibrium of atmospheric chemical reactions and the balance of atmospheric species, including some pollutants such as ozone. Therefore, measuring atmospheric CO is very significant for the study of climate change and the atmospheric environment. Determining the CO column content in the atmosphere using a ground-based spectroscopic method has been conducted in Moscow since 1974 and in Beijing since 1992, using identical measuring apparatus and methods. With the rapid economic growth and fast urbanization during the last 2 years, Beijing has become a very im- Corresponding author: WANG Pu-Cai, pcwang@mail.iap.ac.cn portant metropolis in the world. Meanwhile, the territory of Moscow has doubled. As a result, anthropogenic emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere has increased and human activities have been much enhanced in both Beijing and Moscow. Nevertheless, there are general similarities in emission sources in Moscow and Beijing: for example, the dynamic growth of vehicles, which is considered to be a main emission source of CO in large cities (Duncan et al., 27) total vehicles were comparable in 21; the main industrial enterprises were moved out from urban areas; and the main city power plants were transferred to gas. So in general, the amount and composition of the main emission sources in both megacities are similar. Therefore, a comparative study on the CO variation trend and some of its characteristics is helpful for evaluating the background level of air pollution and the impact of anthropogenic emissions on air quality. The daily variation characteristics of the CO content in the atmosphere in both Moscow and Beijing have been discussed previously (Wang et al., 1998a, b, 25; Yurganov et al., 211; Wu et al., 25). The influence of wind direction and speed on the CO content and on its daily variation behaviors have also been investigated (Wu et al., 25; Fokeeva et al., 27; Yurganov et al., 211). This paper focuses on studying the difference in the variation trend and characteristics of the CO column content its anthropogenic part, in particular between Beijing and Moscow, to try to gain more understanding about the emission sources that cause heavy pollution events. 2 Instruments and methodology 2.1 Instruments Long-term measurements of the CO column content in the atmosphere in both Beijing and Moscow have been conducted using identical grating infrared spectrometers with a spectral resolution of.2 cm 1. The record in Moscow is from time earlier than 1992 to 212, while in Beijing it is from 1992 to 212 and mainly during the late autumn and early winter seasons. The CO column content is calculated from the spectral absorption of the solar radiation received at the Earth s surface by CO in the atmosphere in a selected spectral interval. The uncertainty of the measurement and derivation of the atmospheric CO column content is about 5% 7% (Rakitin et al., 211).

2 244 ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCE LETTERS VOL. 7 Details of the instruments specifications and the methodology for deriving the CO content are described in Dianov-Klokov et al. (1989), Wang et al. (1998b), Fokeeva et al. (27), and Yurganov et al. (211). 2.2 Anthropogenic CO content The most significant issue is to derive the anthropogenic portion (or city emission part) of the CO content, denoted here as ΔU. It is defined as the difference between the measured CO content, U, at the site of study and that of its background site, U B. ΔU = U U B. It can be seen that obtaining the background value of the CO content is vital for deriving the anthropogenic CO content. For Moscow, the rural Zvenigorod observation station (5 km northwest of Moscow, with few habitants and factories) is selected as its background site; while for Beijing, the minimum CO content observed on the cleanest days is used as the CO background value as there is no good background station that is not affected by human activities. Such an approach for determining the U B in Beijing is more reasonable, because the lowest concentration of all polluted species in the atmosphere is observed during the cleanest days and, in that case, the anthropogenic part of CO, ΔU, is close to zero. 3 Results and discussion 3.1 Long-term variation trend The anthropogenic CO content in the atmosphere, ΔU, in both Beijing and Moscow is derived from the dataset of and the results are given in Fig. 1. It can be seen that there is an evident decreasing trend of CO city emissions for Moscow from 23 to 212 in spite of the continuous increase of vehicles in the city. On average, the rate is decreasing at 1.4% per year. The higher anthropogenic CO contents are observed mainly during the cold season, when a continuous anticyclone takes place, as well as in cases with a low wind speed in the boundary layer or a stagnant synoptic pattern (Wu et al., 25; Rakitin et al., 211). It should be noted that a high anthropogenic part of CO content greater than.11 atm cm is never observed in Moscow during , except for summer 21, when a natural fire occurred. ΔU(atm cm) Year Moscow Beijing Figure 1 Comparison of anthropogenic parts of CO content, ΔU, in the atmosphere in Beijing and Moscow during The broken lines indicate the average ΔU in Beijing for and , respectively. In Beijing, meanwhile, conditions influencing the CO content in the atmosphere are more complicated. During the observational period, haze pollution appears quite often on calm days and on days with a weak southern wind. On the pollution days, the CO column content is several times higher than its background level. At the same time, for half the observation days or more, the CO content is close to its background. Statistical analysis shows that the ratio of dirty days (ΔU.8 atm cm) to clean days (ΔU.3 atm cm) is, on average, 1.5 for Beijing and.18 for Moscow for the whole observation period of An obvious decrease of CO content in Beijing during can also be seen in Fig. 1. There is no significant trend in anthropogenic CO. However, it can be clearly seen that the CO content decreases from the first period of to the second period of , as marked by the broken lines in Fig. 1. This behavior corresponds to the other pollutants, such as PM 1, in Beijing according to the long-term measurements taken beside the meteorological tower of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 3.2 Frequency distribution of anthropogenic CO content To gain more understanding about the variation characteristics of the CO content in the atmosphere in different megacities, the frequency distribution of the anthropogenic part of the CO content (ΔU) in the atmosphere for both Moscow and Beijing are presented in Fig. 2. It can be seen that, for Moscow, the anthropogenic part, ΔU, is smaller than.5 atm cm for more than 8% of the data points; while it is at this level for less than 5% in Beijing. In Moscow, the extreme values of CO content (ΔU.11 atm cm) are usually observed in the cold season (November to April), and they appear for less than 5% of the whole observation period. For Beijing, meanwhile, ΔU.11 atm cm for about 2% of the time for the same period. Moreover, another difference in the ΔU frequency distribution between Moscow and Beijing is a second peak at.7.11 atm cm for the latter, which is strongly related to air pollution events there. Frequence(%) Moscow Beijing ΔU(atm cm) Figure 2 Frequency distribution of anthropogenic parts of CO content, ΔU, in the atmosphere in Beijing and Moscow for the autumns of

3 NO. 3 WANG ET AL.: ANTHROPOGENIC CO COLUMN CONTENT OVER BEIJING AND MOSCOW Anthropogenic CO in different time period To discuss the variation properties of CO content in both Moscow and Beijing for different time periods, the frequencies of ΔU for different time periods for both megacities are compared in Fig. 3. It can be seen from the figure for Moscow, that the frequency with high ΔU during decreases, when compared with that during Moreover, extreme ΔU (.11 atm cm) do not appear in Moscow since 28, except for July to August 21, when natural fires occurred in Moscow s suburban region. A parallel comparison is made for Beijing. It shows that the frequency of higher ΔU ranging from.75 to.175 atm cm during decreases when compared with the frequency during (Fig. 3), implying that the CO pollution in Beijing has reduced somewhat over the last 1 years. The CO column contents in Beijing and Moscow during recent years are compared in Fig. 4. The prominent Frequence(%) Frequence( %) U(atm cm) Moscow, Moscow, ΔU( atm cm) Beijing, Beijing, Figure 3 Comparison of frequency of U in the atmosphere in Moscow (top) for the periods and ; and in Beijing (bottom) for the periods and CO column content(atm cm) Moscow Moscow fires Beijing year Figure 4 CO column content in Moscow and Beijing for feature is the very high CO values up to three times as much as the normal values in the summer of 21. This corresponds to the severe natural fires in the Moscow region at that time. If.2 atm cm is maintained as a threshold value of CO column content for extreme air pollution situations in Moscow, then it can be seen that such situations are observed quite frequently in Beijing. 3.4 Example of the annual variation of CO column content The annual variation of the CO column content in the atmosphere for both Beijing and Moscow during the period of is presented in Fig. 4, to give a general understanding of the difference between Beijing and Moscow. Four evident features can be found: First, during the whole period, for more than 5% of days the CO column contents in Beijing have the same level as in Moscow. Second, the minimum CO column contents observed during the whole period in Beijing and Moscow is almost same, so it can be treated as their background values. This implies that Beijing and Moscow have the same background value. Third, the extremely high CO column contents imply that air pollution takes place quite frequently in Beijing during all seasons, while in Moscow such extreme CO column contents are rarely observed except for the period of natural fire events mentioned above. Fourth, the CO column content is characterized by a maximum in winter and a minimum in summer for both Beijing and Moscow. 3.5 Anthropogenic emission sources As mentioned above, a high CO concentration in Beijing (Dianov-Klokov et al., 1989; Wang et al., 1998b; Wu et al., 25) may not be interpreted only by specific meteorological conditions and CO emission in the city region; there should be a reasonable difference in pollution sources between Moscow and Beijing. To better understand the possible anthropogenic emission sources in both Beijing and the surrounding area that influence the air pollution state in Beijing, the potential source contribution function (PSCF) method with the Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory Model ( noaa.gov/ready) is used to determine the back trajectory of pollutants in Beijing. The meteorological field of Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) with a spatial resolution of 1 1 and a temporal resolution of three hours is used. The results are presented in Fig. 5, where the darkness of each grid represents the probability of pollution sources. The darker the grid, the higher the probability. It can be seen that many darker grids appear to the south of Beijing within 5 km, implying frequently severe air pollution. A statistical analysis for the quantitative estimation of the pollution contribution is made for each trajectory and shown in Fig. 6. Heavy pollution cases with M sa 3 μg m 3 are presented in Table 1, where M sa is the mass concentration of submicron aerosol. It can be seen that in all 413 heavy air pollution cases in Beijing, more than 8% can be attributed to trajectories 1, 2, and 7, of which trajectories 2 and 7

4 246 ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCE LETTERS VOL. 7 Figure 5 Spatial distribution of emission sources and trajectories of pollutants. Ln (ΔU) R 2 =.74 R 2 = Ln D(45 o,51 nm) Figure 6 Correlation between U, anthropogenic part of CO content and D (45, 51 nm), measured scattering intensity at angle of 45 and 51 nm of submicron aerosol near the Earth s surface in Beijing. Table 1 Statistics for heavy pollution cases (M sa 3 μg m 3 ). Number Total number of trajectories Average M sa Total (mainly anthropogenic emission sources) account for about 48%. This implies that emission sources in the surrounding areas, particularly areas to the south, are responsible for heavy air pollution in Beijing, and the second peak in frequency distribution in Fig. 2 can be well explained here. For Beijing, haze events with a very high concentration of the submicron aerosol are mostly responsible for air pollution. We can see in Fig. 6 that ΔU and D (45, 51 nm), which measures the scattering intensity at an angle of 45 and 51 nm by the ground submicron aerosol, are positive correlated, indicating that a high CO concentration appears simultaneously in haze events when it is contributed mainly by both local and regional emission sources. Moreover, an obvious difference in the slope of the correlation regression line can be found for the period before and after 2. This indicates a change in the features of anthropogenic pollution sources in Beijing and the surrounding area for the last ten years. 4 Conclusions A decreasing trend of CO content in the atmosphere was observed in Moscow during , particularly in the last 1 years; while in Beijing, a small decrease in CO content appears during compared to that in Such a variation trend of the CO content in Beijing can be attributed to specific meteorological and topographic conditions as well as anthropogenic emission sources in the surrounding areas. This CO variation trend is consistent with that of SO 2 (Lin et al., 212), implying that the CO and SO 2, at least partly, come from the same emission sources. High anthropogenic CO content in Beijing appears

5 NO. 3 WANG ET AL.: ANTHROPOGENIC CO COLUMN CONTENT OVER BEIJING AND MOSCOW 247 several times more frequently than in Moscow. The average anthropogenic CO content in the atmosphere in Beijing for is as high as.65 atm cm. Such a high anthropogenic CO content is recorded in Moscow only in the summer of 21 because of natural fire events in the region. The CO column content in the atmosphere is closely related to the fine particle concentration. Moreover, the correlation is stronger in Beijing than in Moscow. One of the most obvious differences in CO variation features in Moscow and Beijing is that, for Moscow, the CO content in the atmosphere is contributed by anthropogenic CO emission sources (e.g., vehicles, power plants) mainly in the city district; while for Beijing, a considerable contribution comes from the emission sources in areas to the south and southwest of the city. Acknowledgements. This work was supported in part by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDA513), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 213CB95581), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No ), and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No ). References Dianov-Klokov, V. I., L. N. Yurganov, E. I. Grechko, et al., 1989: Spectroscopic measurements of atmospheric carbon monoxide and methane, 1: Latitudinal distribution, J. Atmos. Chem., 8, , doi:1.17/bf Duncan, B. N., J. A. Logan, I. Bey, et al., 27: Global budget of CO, : Source estimates and validation with a global model, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D2231, doi:1.129/27jd8459. Fokeeva, E. V., E. I. Grechko, A. V. Dzhola, et al., 27: Determination of content of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere in Moscow using a spectroscopic method, Izvestiya Atmos. Oceanic Phys. (in Russian), 43(5), Lin, W. L., X. B. Xu, Z. Q. Ma, et al., 212: Characteristics and recent trends of sulfur dioxide at urban, rural, and background sites in North China: Effectiveness of control measures, J. Environ. Sci., 24(1), Rakitin, V. C., E. V. Fokeeva, E. I. Grechko, et al., 211: Variation of carbon monoxide in atmosphere in Moscow megalopolis, Izvestiya Atmos. Oceanic Phys. (in Russian), 47(1), Wang, G. C., Q. X. Kong, G. R. Liu, et al., 1998a: Monitoring of total CO amount in the atmosphere using solar spectroscopy, Proc. SPIE, Optical Remote Sens. Atmos. Clouds, 351, doi:1.1117/ Wang, G. C., Q. X. Kong, P. C. Wang, et al., 25: Ground-based monitoring of CO and H 2 O total content in the atmosphere over Beijing, in: Optical Technologies for Atmospheric, Ocean, and Environmental Studies, D. R. Lü et al. (Eds.), Proc. SPIE, 5832, Wang, P. C., G. C. Wang, Q. X. Kong, et al., 1998b: Measurement of carbon monoxide column content and other atmospheric trace gases from infrared spectra, Acta Meteor. Sinica, 12(4), Wu, H. Y., P. C. Wang, G. C. Wang, et al., 25: Variation of the atmospheric CO column amount over Beijing urban area in the fall, Climatic Environ. Res., 1, Yurganov, L., V. Rakitin, A. Dzhola, et al., 211: Satellite- and ground-based CO total column observations over 21 Russian fires: Accuracy of top-down estimates based on thermal IR satellite data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, , doi:1.5194/acp

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