Supporting Information
NOx promotion of SO2 conversion to sulfate: an important
mechanism for the occurrence of heavy haze during winter in
Beijing
Jinzhu Maa, b, c †, Biwu Chua, b, c †, Jun Liua, d, Yongchun
Liua, b, c, Hongxing Zhange and Hong Hea, b, c [footnoteRef:1] [1:
Corresponding Author. Phone: +86-10-62849123. Fax: +86-10-62849123.
E-mail: [email protected].]
a State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and
Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085,China
b Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment,
Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen
361021, China
c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,
China
d College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China
Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
e Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
†These authors contributed equally to this work and should be
considered as co-first authors
Figure S1 Map of Beijing and locations of the monitoring
sites
Figure S2 Variation trends of PM2.5 concentrations at DX, ZWY,
and STZX stations in 2015.
Figure S3 The temporal variation of the meteorological variables
in ZWY during 25 Nov. - 3 Dec. 2015
Figure S4 Hourly PM2.5 mass concentration plotted against
concentration of individual species at STZX stations in non-heating
season (16 Mar. - 16 Nov., 2015).
Figure S5 Hourly PM2.5 mass concentration plotted against
concentration of individual species at ZWY stations in heating
season (1 Jan. -15 Mar. and 15 Nov. -31 Dec.).
Figure S6 Hourly PM2.5 mass concentration plotted against
concentration of individual species at ZWYX stations in non-heating
season (16 Mar. - 16 Nov., 2015).
Figure S7 Hourly PM2.5 mass concentration plotted against
concentration of individual species at DX stations in heating
season (1 Jan. -15 Mar. and 15 Nov. -31 Dec.).
Figure S8 Hourly PM2.5 mass concentration plotted against
concentration of individual species at DX stations in non-heating
season (16 Mar. - 16 Nov., 2015).
Figure S9 The AMS spectra of organic compounds with the
concentration of NO2.
Figure S10 Variation of SO42-, NO3-, NH4+ and Org concentrations
with the concentration of NO2 with lower light intensity (k1 =
9.18×10-4 s-1)
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