| O3 | Ozone |
| FWP | Fenwei Plain |
| HYSPLIT | Single-particle Lagrangian integrated trajectory |
| PSCF | Potential source contribution function |
| WPSCF | Weighted potential source contribution function |
| CWT | Concentration weighted trajectory |
| WCWT | Weighted concentration weighted trajectory |
| VOCs | Volatile organic compounds |
| NOx | Nitrogen oxides |
| BTH | Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei |
| YRD | Yangtze River Delta |
| PRD | Pearl River Delta |
| NCP | North China Plain |
| XA | Xi’an |
| JZ | Jinzhong |
| LY | Luoyang |
| XY | Xianyang |
| APPCAP | Air pollution prevention and control action plan |
| CNEMC | China National Environmental Monitoring Centre |
| ECMWF | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
| NCEP | National Centers for Environmental Prediction |
| GDAS | Global Data Assimilation System |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| PMF | Positive matrix factorization |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| CMB | Chemical mass balance |
| CNEMC | China National Environmental Monitoring Centre |
| MDA8 O3 | Daily maximum 8 h average O3 |
| PCT | T-model obliquely rotated principal component analysis |
| BVOCs | Biogenic volatile organic compounds |
| SOAs | Secondary organic aerosols |
| MDL | Method detection limit |
| EF | Error fraction |
| OVOCs | Oxygenated volatile organic compounds |
| OPS | O3-precursor sensitivity |
| HPF | High-pressure front |
| HPC | High-pressure control |
| LPF | Low-pressure front |
| HPB | High-pressure back |
| LTF | Low-pressure trough front |
| EPF | Equal-pressure field |
| LPG | Liquefied petroleum gas |
| MTBE | Methyl tert-butyl ether |