简介:Background:RapideconomicdevelopmentinChinahasresultedinanincreaseinsevereairpollutionincitygroupssuchastheBeijing-Tianjin-HebeiMetropolitanRegion.PM2.5(fineparticleswithanaerodynamicequivalentdiameterof2.5μmorless)isoneofthemostimportantpollutants.Thedepositionprocessisanimportantwayofremovingparticlesfromtheair.Toevaluatetheeffectofanurbanforestonatmosphericparticleremoval,aconcentrationgradientmethodwasusedtomeasurethedepositionvelocitiesofwater-solubleinorganicsinPM2.5intwonationalforestparksinBeijing,China.Thefollowingeightwater-solubleinorganicionsinPM2.5wereinvestigated:sodium,ammonium,potassium,magnesium,calcium,chloride,nitrate,andsulfate.Methods:SamplesweretakenfromtwositesinBeijingfromthe7thtothe15thMay,2013.Theconcentrationsofwater-solubleinorganicionswereanalyzedwithionchromatography.Weusedtheconcentrationgradienttechniquetoestimatethedepositionfluxandvelocity.Todeterminetherelationshipsbetweenleaftraitsandparticleaccumulation,typicalleafsamplesfromeachselectedspecieswerestudiedusingscanningelectronmicroscopy.Results:ThetotaldepositionfluxandtotaldepositionvelocityduringthedaytimewerehigherthanthoseatnightSulfateshowedthebiggestdepositionfluxandvelocityatbothstudysites,whereastheotherionsshoweddifferenttrendsateachsite.Resultfromhigherproportionofconiferoustobroadleavedtrees,thetotaldepositionfluxoftheeightionsmeasuredinJiufengNationalForestParkwasgreaterthanthatinOlympicForestPark.Conclusions:Thedepositionvelocitywasaffectedbymeteorologicalconditionssuchaswindspeed,temperature,andhumidity.Thedepositionvelocitywasalsoinfluencedbytreespecies.Thesurfaceofplantsisanimportantfactorinfluencingparticledeposition.Theresultsofthisstudymayhelpinassessingtheeffectsofforestrysystemsonparticleremovalandprovideevidenceforurbanairpollutioncontr