Abstract
We measured the concentrations of five aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, m,pxylene, and styrene) in the atmosphere during four seasonal campaigns at Deokjeok and Jeju Islands in the Yellow Sea from October 2005 to June 2006. Toluene was the most abundant aromatic hydrocarbon, with median of 0.24 ppb at Deokjeok and 0.20 ppb at Jeju, followed by benzene (0.21 ppb, 0.15 ppb) and m,p-xylene (0.06 ppb, 0.06 ppb). Aromatic hydrocarbon measurements exhibited the typical seasonality of the major emission sources, such as vehicle exhaust, solvent evaporation, and regional circulation patterns. The ratios of m,p-xylene/ethylbenzene of 1.57 at Deokjeok and 1.05 at Jeju reflected the degree of proximity to outflows of each source region, South Korea and China. The toluene/benzene ratios of 1.0 were consistently both on field observations and on the 3-D chemical model simulation, which is slightly higher than that in the Western Pacific area. It implied that the air over the Yellow Sea was influenced to a great extent by the surrounding areas. We confirmed that current emission inventories of aromatic hydrocarbons in Northeast Asia reasonably reproduced temporal and spatial variations of toluene and benzene over the Yellow Sea.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 57-65 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
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Keywords
- Aromatic hydrocarbons
- Benzene
- Continental outflows
- Toluene
- Yellow Sea
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atmospheric Science
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Characteristics of the major atmospheric aromatic hydrocarbons in the yellow sea. / Park, Seung Myung; Kim, Jeong Soo; Lee, Gangwoong; Jang, Yuwoon; Lee, Meehye; Kang, Chang Hee; Sunwoo, Young.
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T1 - Characteristics of the major atmospheric aromatic hydrocarbons in the yellow sea
AU - Park, Seung Myung
AU - Kim, Jeong Soo
AU - Lee, Gangwoong
AU - Jang, Yuwoon
AU - Lee, Meehye
AU - Kang, Chang Hee
AU - Sunwoo, Young
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - We measured the concentrations of five aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, m,pxylene, and styrene) in the atmosphere during four seasonal campaigns at Deokjeok and Jeju Islands in the Yellow Sea from October 2005 to June 2006. Toluene was the most abundant aromatic hydrocarbon, with median of 0.24 ppb at Deokjeok and 0.20 ppb at Jeju, followed by benzene (0.21 ppb, 0.15 ppb) and m,p-xylene (0.06 ppb, 0.06 ppb). Aromatic hydrocarbon measurements exhibited the typical seasonality of the major emission sources, such as vehicle exhaust, solvent evaporation, and regional circulation patterns. The ratios of m,p-xylene/ethylbenzene of 1.57 at Deokjeok and 1.05 at Jeju reflected the degree of proximity to outflows of each source region, South Korea and China. The toluene/benzene ratios of 1.0 were consistently both on field observations and on the 3-D chemical model simulation, which is slightly higher than that in the Western Pacific area. It implied that the air over the Yellow Sea was influenced to a great extent by the surrounding areas. We confirmed that current emission inventories of aromatic hydrocarbons in Northeast Asia reasonably reproduced temporal and spatial variations of toluene and benzene over the Yellow Sea.
AB - We measured the concentrations of five aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, m,pxylene, and styrene) in the atmosphere during four seasonal campaigns at Deokjeok and Jeju Islands in the Yellow Sea from October 2005 to June 2006. Toluene was the most abundant aromatic hydrocarbon, with median of 0.24 ppb at Deokjeok and 0.20 ppb at Jeju, followed by benzene (0.21 ppb, 0.15 ppb) and m,p-xylene (0.06 ppb, 0.06 ppb). Aromatic hydrocarbon measurements exhibited the typical seasonality of the major emission sources, such as vehicle exhaust, solvent evaporation, and regional circulation patterns. The ratios of m,p-xylene/ethylbenzene of 1.57 at Deokjeok and 1.05 at Jeju reflected the degree of proximity to outflows of each source region, South Korea and China. The toluene/benzene ratios of 1.0 were consistently both on field observations and on the 3-D chemical model simulation, which is slightly higher than that in the Western Pacific area. It implied that the air over the Yellow Sea was influenced to a great extent by the surrounding areas. We confirmed that current emission inventories of aromatic hydrocarbons in Northeast Asia reasonably reproduced temporal and spatial variations of toluene and benzene over the Yellow Sea.
KW - Aromatic hydrocarbons
KW - Benzene
KW - Continental outflows
KW - Toluene
KW - Yellow Sea
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U2 - 10.5572/ajae.2015.9.1.057
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VL - 9
SP - 57
EP - 65
JO - Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
JF - Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
SN - 1976-6912
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