Analysis of the Influence of Precipitation and Wind on PM2.5 and PM10 in the Atmosphere

Abstract EN

In this paper, hourly observations of precipitation, wind, and PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations in Qinhuangdao from 2016 to 2018 were used to study the effects of precipitation and wind on PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations.

The results show that precipitation has a certain wet scavenging effect on PM2.5 and PM10, and the scavenging effect on PM10 is greater than that on PM2.5.

Precipitation above moderate rainfall is concentrated from May to September, and light rain in winter increases the concentration of pollutants.

The changes of PM2.5 before and after precipitation are related to the initial concentration of PM2.5 before precipitation, precipitation intensity, and precipitation duration.

The scavenging effect of precipitation on PM10 is closely related to the initial concentration of PM10 before precipitation.

The higher the initial concentration of PM10 is, the greater the removal amount of precipitation will be.

Moderate or above pollution weather mainly occurs in the northeast, southwest, and west wind meteorological conditions; the more westerly the wind, the more the pollution; north wind and northwest wind have the most obvious scavenging effect on PM2.5 and Pm10; when the wind speed increases to 2 m/s, the concentration of PM2.5 and PM10 can be reduced; when the wind speed is more than 4 m/s, the concentration of PM10 increases under the south wind, southeast wind, east wind, and northeast wind.