CARE-Beijing is an international air quality study focused on understanding the transport and transformation process of air pollution in Beijing and the surrounding North China Plain. Collaborators include the College of Environmental Science and Engineering at Peking University, the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Field observations are aimed at understanding the process of particle formation, as well as the health impacts of air pollution. Instruments deploy to a field site in Wangdu, 170 km southwest of Beijing on the North China Plain (NCP). CSD installed the ACES instrument for the ground-based measurements of glyoxal (CHOCHO), nitrous acid (HONO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). These key sources of atmospheric oxidants participate in photochemical reactions producing harmful secondary pollutants, such as ozone and particulate matter.
Selected Papers
1. Fuchs, H., Z. Tan, K. Lu, B. Bohn, S. Broch, S.S. Brown, H. Dong, S. Gomm, R. Häseler, L. He, A. Hofzumahaus, F. Holland, X. Li, Y. Liu, S. Lu, K.E. Min, F. Rohrer, M. Shao, B. Wang, M. Wang, Y. Wu, L. Zeng, Y. Zhang, A. Wahner, and Y. Zhang, OH reactivity at a rural site (Wangdu) in the North China Plain: contributions from OH reactants and experimental OH budget. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2017. 17(1): p. 645-661 http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/17/645/2017/