Abstract
ABSTRACTSensitivity of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) concentrations in the South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB) of California to nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission is simulated using gas-phase chemistry and gas-particle partitioning modules. These modules are implemented into a three-dimensional air quality model applied for high-pollution summer meteorology and 2008 emissions. To test sensitivity, NOx emissions in all locations and at all times are scaled by factors ranging from 0.1 to 10.0 in separate model runs. The basin-wide average SOA concentration exhibits a ‘turnover’ NOx emission multiplicative factor, above and below which the average SOA concentration decreases. For the entire SoCAB, this critical NOx emission factor is ∼0.3; while the magnitude of SOA concentrations changes with time, this peak value (∼0.2–0.3) appears to be relatively independent of the hour of the simulated day. When considering individual locations within the SoCAB, this peak factor shows a slightly broader range. Projected emission...
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