Arid Zone Research ›› 2019, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 990-996.

Previous Articles    

Spatiotemporal Variation of Ozone Concentration and Its Affecting Factors over Inner Mongolia in Recent 3 Years

CHEN Zhi-qing1, SHAO Tian-jie1, ZHAO Jing-bo1, 2   

  1. 1. School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, Shaanxi, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710061, Shaanxi, China
  • Received:2018-09-25 Revised:2019-03-11 Online:2019-07-15 Published:2019-07-15

Abstract: In order to study the O3 pollution over Inner Mongolia and its affecting factors, the data from the national environmental monitoring stations and national meteorological stations in 12 cities in Inner Mongolia from 2015 to 2017 were analyzed. The results showed that O3 pollution at different levels occurred in all the 12 cities. The overall O3 pollution in 2017 was aggravated compared with that in 2015, the O3 concentration was the highest and the O3 pollution was the most serious during the period from May to August, especially in July. Spatially, the O3 pollution was comparatively serious in the central and western parts of Inner Mongolia, which was synchronous with the economic development level. Particles, precursors and meteorological factors are the important factors affecting O3 concentration. There were the significantly negative correlations between the O3 concentration and the PM2.5, CO and NO2, and the O3 concentration decreased gradually with the increase of relative humidity.

Key words: ozone concentration, particulate matter, spatiotemporal variation, relative humidity, Inner Mongolia