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Investigating the mechanisms driving the seasonal variations in surface PM2.5 concentrations over East Africa with the WRF-Chem model

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    School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

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    School of Public Health, Environmental Health Science Dept., University of Rwanda (UR-CMHS), Kigali, Rwanda

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    Deep Space Exploration Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

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    CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

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    School of Science, Physics Dept., University of Rwanda (UR-CST), Kigali, Rwanda

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  • Corresponding author: Chun Zhao, E-mail: chunzhao@ustc.edu.cn
  • Received Date: 09 October 2022
  • Accepted Date: 29 November 2022
    • Available Online: 14 April 2023
    Abstract

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    Most previous studies on surface PM2.5 concentrations over East Africa focused on short-term in situ observations. In this study, the WRF-Chem model combined with in situ observations is used to investigate the seasonal variation in surface PM2.5 concentrations over East Africa. WRF-Chem simulations are conducted from April to September 2017. Generally, the simulated AOD is consistent with satellite retrieval throughout the period, and the simulations depicted the seasonal variation in PM2.5 concentrations from April to September but underestimated the concentrations throughout the period due to the uncertainties in local and regional emissions over the region. The composition analysis of surface PM2.5 concentrations revealed that the dominant components were OIN and OC, accounting for 80% and 15% of the total concentrations, respectively, and drove the seasonal variation. The analysis of contributions from multiple physical and chemical processes indicated that the seasonal variation in surface PM2.5 concentrations was controlled by the variation in transport processes, PBL mixing, and dry and wet deposition. The variation in PM2.5 concentrations from May to July is due to wind direction changes that control the transported biomass burning aerosols from southern Africa, enhanced turbulent mixing of transported aerosols at the upper level to the surface and decreased wet deposition from decreased rainfall from May to July.

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    Spatial distribution surface PM2.5 concentrations and the mechanism driving its seasonal variations.

    Abstract

    Most previous studies on surface PM2.5 concentrations over East Africa focused on short-term in situ observations. In this study, the WRF-Chem model combined with in situ observations is used to investigate the seasonal variation in surface PM2.5 concentrations over East Africa. WRF-Chem simulations are conducted from April to September 2017. Generally, the simulated AOD is consistent with satellite retrieval throughout the period, and the simulations depicted the seasonal variation in PM2.5 concentrations from April to September but underestimated the concentrations throughout the period due to the uncertainties in local and regional emissions over the region. The composition analysis of surface PM2.5 concentrations revealed that the dominant components were OIN and OC, accounting for 80% and 15% of the total concentrations, respectively, and drove the seasonal variation. The analysis of contributions from multiple physical and chemical processes indicated that the seasonal variation in surface PM2.5 concentrations was controlled by the variation in transport processes, PBL mixing, and dry and wet deposition. The variation in PM2.5 concentrations from May to July is due to wind direction changes that control the transported biomass burning aerosols from southern Africa, enhanced turbulent mixing of transported aerosols at the upper level to the surface and decreased wet deposition from decreased rainfall from May to July.

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    • WRF-Chem simulations and in situ observations of surface PM2.5 concentrations were combined to study the seasonal variation over East Africa.
    • Analysis of contributions from multiple physical and chemical processes found transport, PBL mixing and wet and dry deposition to be driving mechanisms in the variation in surface concentration.
    • Wind direction changes transported aerosols to the region, and turbulent mixing with decreased rainfall increased the surface concentration from May to July.

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    Figure  1.  Domain overview and elevation (left, d01), East Africa (right, d02) with locations of AERONET sites (red stars) and Kigali city (black point).

    Figure  2.  (a) Anthropogenic emissions for the African continent (d01) and East Africa (d02). (b) Dust emissions over Africa (domain d01). (c) Biomass burning emissions (OC) for domain d01 (Africa) and domain d02 (East Africa); the black box represents domain d02.

    Figure  3.  Spatial distribution of the integrated column of PM2.5 mass concentrations averaged for each month over East Africa from the simulation of domain 2 for the April-September period. The black circle shows the region over Rwanda.

    Figure  4.  Spatial distribution of averaged AOD at 550 nm from retrievals of MISR, MODIS Terra, and simulated AOD from WRF-chem over East Africa. Brown dots show the AERONET sites (IC: icipe 34.02°E, 0.43°S; MS: Msamfu, 31.22°E, 10.17°S) for the April-September period. The model results are sampled at the time and locations of the MODIS retrievals. The blank area in the plots means that n