Carbon monoxide (CO) is primarily the result of incomplete combustion, which has important impacts on the atmospheric chemical cycle and climate. Improved quantitative characterization of long-term CO trends is important for both atmospheric modeling and the design and implementation of policies to efficiently control multiple pollutants. Due to the limitations of high time-resolution and high-quality long-term observational data, studies on long-term trends in the CO concentration in China are quite limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReal-time BTEX(including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, -, -, and -xylenes) were measured continuously in Tianjin urban site in July 2019 and January 2020 using a Syntech Spectras GC955 analyzer. The BTEX concentration levels, composition, and evolutionary mechanisms during typical pollution episodes were investigated. The potential sources of BTEX were analyzed qualitatively using the diagnostic ratios method.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnder certain terrain and weather conditions, mountain-valley circulation is one of the main meteorological factors affecting aerosol pollution in plain-mountain area. Based on environmental monitoring data and multi-source meteorological data for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region between 2015 and 2019, the characteristics, similarities, and differences of mountain-valley winds in the Beijing Plain and Yanhuai Basin regions were compared. The results show that the mountain-valley winds recorded at the Beijing Observatory are from southwest to northeast compared to from the southeast to northeast at Yanqing station.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOzone pollution has recently become a severe air quality issue in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Due to the lack of a precursor emission inventory and complexity of physical and chemical mechanism of ozone generation, numerical modeling still exhibits significant deviations in ozone forecasting. Owing to its simplicity and low calculation costs, the time series analysis model can be effectively applied for ozone pollution forecasting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMeasuring ammonia (NH) is important for understanding the role of NH in secondary aerosol formation and the atmospheric deposition of reactive N. In this study, NH was measured in an urban area, a background region, and a tunnel in Beijing. The average NH concentrations between September 2017 and August 2018 were 24.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe characteristics of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) concentrations, their temporal and spatial variations, and their source origins from September-December 2017 at an urban and a background site in Beijing, China were investigated. The averaged (±σ) total mixing ratios of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, m, p-xylenes, and o-xylene were 0.40 ± 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMeteorological conditions have important impact on the diffusion and transport of air pollutants, thus separating and quantifying the impact of meteorological factors is a prerequisite for evaluation of air pollution control measures. Using observation data on SO, NO, NO, NO, CO, PM, PM, and PM as well as meteorological factors at the Chaoyang site, an urban site in Beijing, we evaluated the impact of meteorological conditions and control measures on air quality in Beijing during APEC 2014 (from 15 October to 30 November, 2014) by the multiple linear regression method. The simulation performance of a multivariate linear regression model based on the parameters of meteorological factors for predicting pollutant concentration assuming constant emission conditions were ideal, produced a range of determination coefficient () of 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe previously reported 18F-labeled pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives: 7-(2-[18F]fluoroethylamino)-5-methylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carbonitrile ([18F]1) and N-(2-(3-cyano-5-methylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-ylamino)ethyl)-2-[18F]fluoro-4-nitro- benzamide ([18F]2). Preliminary biodistribution experiments of both compounds showed s slow clearance rate from excretory tissues which warranted further investigation for tumor imaging with PET. Here we modified [18F]1 and [18F]2 by introducing polar groups such as ester, hydroxyl and carboxyl and developed three additional 18F-18 labeled pyrazolo[1,5-a] pyrimidine derivatives: (3-Cyano-7-(2-[18F]fluoroethylamino)pyrazolo[1,5-a]-pyrimidin-5- yl)methyl acetate ([18F]3), 7-(2-[18F]fluoroethylamino)-5-(hydroxymethyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]- pyrimidine-3-carbonitrile ([18F]4) and (S)-6-(3-cyano-5-methylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-ylamino)-2-(2-[18F]fluoro-4-nitrobenzamido)hexanoic acid ([18F]5).
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