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Causes of High PM2.5 Concentrations in Cheongju Owing to Non-Asian Dust Events

비황사 사례에 기인한 청주시 PM2.5 고농도 원인

  • Kim, Da-Bin (Department of Environmental Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Moon, Yun-Seob (Department of Environmental Education, Korea National University of Education)
  • 김다빈 (한국교원대학교 환경교육과) ;
  • 문윤섭 (한국교원대학교 환경교육과)
  • Received : 2020.12.07
  • Accepted : 2020.12.21
  • Published : 2020.12.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the cause of high PM2.5 mass concentrations in Cheongju for the period of non-Asian dust days using the weather chart, the stream lines at 850 hPa, the backward trajectory, and the weather and air quality model. As a result of analyzing the time series of PM2.5 concentrations and weather charts for the episodic days in Cheongju, the weather patterns were shown in related to long-range transport of PM2.5 from China or surrounding areas. In fact, in the PM2.5 time series, 60-80 ㎍ m-3, which is more than 2-3 times higher than the concentration attributed to Cheongju activities, was observed as a background concentration related to long-range transport. The distribution of high PM2.5 concentration was typically dependent on the locations of the high and low pressures above the ground while the upper jet stream passed through the Korean Peninsula. Consequently, the high PM2.5 concentration in Cheongju is due to massive air pollutants in the form of smog originated from industrial, household and energy combustion sources of Beijing and other nearby regions of China. These air pollutants move along a fast zonal wind caused by the atmospheric pressure arrangement. high concentration of PM2.5 in Cheongju City is because the mass of air pollutants in the form of smog generated from industrial, household and energy combustion origins in Beijing or other nearby regions of China move along a fast wind speed zone according to the atmospheric pressure arrangement of long-distance transportation. Air pollutants including PM2.5 show an M-shaped pattern that passes through the topography of the Cheongju basin from north to south as a belt or band-shaped pollutant. The ground high pressure according to the above-ground high pressure expansion area and cut-off low or low pressure arrangement, or the bands in the form of river stems appear in a gradual incremental pattern that changes into a U-shape under the influence of the wind.

이 연구의 목적은 일기도, 850 hPa 면의 유선, 후방궤적과 기상, 그리고 대기질 모델을 이용하여 비황사기간 동안 청주시 미세먼지 PM2.5의 고농도 원인을 분석하는 것이다. 청주시 PM2.5 고농도 사례일 동안 시계열과 일기도를 분석한 결과, 중국 또는 주변 지역으로부터 PM2.5의 장거리 수송과 관련된 기상 패턴을 나타내었다. 실제로 PM2.5 시계열에서 자체 기여 농도보다 2-3배 이상 증가한 60-80 ㎍ m-3가 장거리 수송과 관련된 배경농도로 관측되었다. PM2.5의 고농도는 대체로 상층 제트류가 한반도를 통과하면서 지상 고기압과 저기압의 발달 위치에 따라 분포하였다. 결과적으로 청주시 PM2.5 고농도 발생 원인은 중국 북경이나 기타 인근 지역에서 산업, 가정 및 에너지 연소 기원으로 발생한 스모그 형태의 대기 오염물질 덩어리가 장거리 수송의 기압배치에 따라 빠른 풍속 대를 타고 이동했기 때문이다. PM2.5를 포함한 대기오염물질이 지상 고기압 확장역이나 절리저기압 또는 지상저기압 배치에 따라 벨트나 띠 형태의 오염 덩어리로 북쪽에서 남쪽으로 청주시 분지 지형을 통과하는 M자형 패턴을 나타내거나, 강줄기 형태의 띠들이 바람의 영향을 받아 U자형으로 변하는 점진적 증가형 패턴으로 나타난다.

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