Author(s)

Han Li, Bin Guo^*, Mengfei Han, Miao Tian, Jin Zhang

Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, China.

In recent years, the haze occurs frequently and air pollution is getting worse in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, China. The particulate matter pollution characteristic researches are playing a sig-nificant role especially in the districts where have higher concentration PM and air pollution. In this study, we collected daily particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5) mass concentration data from 7 air pollution monitoring stations in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei, China over a 3-month period from June to August to investigate particulate matter pollution characteristic and the relationship with me-teorological conditions. Statistical results show that PM10 is the major pollutant in Shijiazhuang City; the average daily concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 are 94.45 μg/m3 and 219.15 μg/m3, respectively. The daily average of PM10 and PM2.5 level over the period exceeded the first grade of the daily average limit of the ambient air quality standards (GB3095-2012). And there is a significantly positive correlation between atmospheric pressure and particulate matter pollution, but there is a significantly negative correlation between atmospheric temperature and PM concentrations. Precipitation has a clear role mainly in the coarse particles; however, there has little effect on fine particulate matter. Relative humidity and wind speed have a poor correlation with atmospheric pollutant concentrations (not remarkably high).

Particulate Matter, Air Pollution, Meteorological Factors, Shijiazhuang

Li, H. , Guo, B. , Han, M. , Tian, M. and Zhang, J. (2015) Particulate Matters Pollution Characteristic and the Correlation between PM (PM_2.5, PM₁₀) and Meteorological Factors during the Summer in Shijiazhuang. Journal of Environmental Protection, 6, 457-463. doi: 10.4236/jep.2015.65044.