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Episode-based evolution pattern analysis of haze pollution: Method development and results from Beijing, China Guangjie Zheng, Feng-Kui Duan, Yongliang Ma, Qiang Zhang, Tao Huang, Takashi Kimoto Kimoto, Yafang Cheng, Hang Su, and Kebin He Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05593 • Publication Date (Web): 06 Apr 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on April 7, 2016
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Environmental Science & Technology
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Episode-based evolution pattern analysis of haze
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pollution: Method development and results from
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Beijing, China
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Guangjie Zheng1, Fengkui Duan1*, Yongliang Ma1, Qiang Zhang2,6, Tao Huang3, Takashi
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Kimoto3, Yafang Cheng4, Hang Su4 and Kebin He1,5,6*
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[1] State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of
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Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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[2] Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System
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Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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[3] KIMOTO ELECTRIC Co., Ltd, 3-1 Funahashi-cho Tennoji-ku Osaka, 543-0024 Japan
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[4] Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, D-55128, Mainz,
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Germany
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[5] State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution
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Complex, Beijing 100084, China
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[6] Collaborative Innovation Center for Regional Environmental Quality, Beijing 100084, China
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ABSTRACT
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Haze episodes occurred in Beijing repeatedly in 2013, resulting in 189 polluted days. These
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episodes differed in terms of sources, formation processes, and chemical composition, and thus
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required different control policies. Therefore, an overview of the similarities and differences
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among these episodes is needed. For this purpose, we conducted one-year online observations
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and developed a program that can simultaneously divide haze episodes and identify their shapes.
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A total of 73 episodes were identified, and their shapes were linked with synoptic conditions.
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Pure-haze events dominated in wintertime, whereas mixed haze-dust (PM2.5/PM10
