High resolution of black carbon and organic carbon emissions in the Pearl River Delta region, China

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Abstract

A high-resolution regional black carbon (BC) and organic carbon (OC) emission inventory for the year 2009 was developed for the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region, China, based on the collected activity data and the latest emission factors. PM2.5, BC and OC emissions were estimated to be 303kt, 39kt and 31kt, respectively. Industrial processes were major contributing sources to PM2.5 emissions. BC emissions were mainly from mobile sources, accounting for 65.0%, while 34.1% of OC emissions were from residential combustion. The primary OC/BC ratios for individual cities in the PRD region were dependent on the levels of economic development due to differences in source characteristics, with high ratios in the less developed cities and low ratios in the central and southern developed areas. The preliminary temporal profiles were established, showing the highest OC emissions in winter and relatively constant BC emissions throughout the year. The emissions were spatially allocated into grid cells with a resolution of 3km×3km. Large amounts of BC emissions were distributed over the central-southern PRD city clusters, while OC emissions exhibited a relatively even spatial distribution due to the significant biomass burning emissions from the outlying area of the PRD region. Uncertainties in carbonaceous aerosol emissions were usually higher than in other primary pollutants like SO2, NOx, and PM10. One of the key uncertainty sources was the emission factor, due to the absence of direct measurements of BC and OC emission rates. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.

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Zheng, J., He, M., Shen, X., Yin, S., & Yuan, Z. (2012). High resolution of black carbon and organic carbon emissions in the Pearl River Delta region, China. Science of the Total Environment, 438, 189–200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.068

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