Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs

S Fuzzi, U Baltensperger, K Carslaw… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
The literature on atmospheric particulate matter (PM), or atmospheric aerosol, has increased
enormously over the last 2 decades and amounts now to some 1500–2000 papers per year …

Understanding atmospheric organic aerosols via factor analysis of aerosol mass spectrometry: a review

Q Zhang, JL Jimenez, MR Canagaratna… - Analytical and …, 2011 - Springer
Organic species are an important but poorly characterized constituent of airborne particulate
matter. A quantitative understanding of the organic fraction of particles (organic aerosol, OA) …

Sources of particulate-matter air pollution and its oxidative potential in Europe

KR Daellenbach, G Uzu, J Jiang, LE Cassagnes… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Particulate matter is a component of ambient air pollution that has been linked to millions of
annual premature deaths globally,–. Assessments of the chronic and acute effects of …

SoFi, an IGOR-based interface for the efficient use of the generalized multilinear engine (ME-2) for the source apportionment: ME-2 application to aerosol mass …

F Canonaco, M Crippa, JG Slowik… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - amt.copernicus.org
Source apportionment using the bilinear model through a multilinear engine (ME-2) was
successfully applied to non-refractory organic aerosol (OA) mass spectra collected during …

Evaluation of composition-dependent collection efficiencies for the aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer using field data

AM Middlebrook, R Bahreini, JL Jimenez… - Aerosol Science and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometers (AMS) have been used in many
locations around the world to study the size-resolved, nonrefractory chemical composition of …

Chemical and microphysical characterization of ambient aerosols with the aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer

MR Canagaratna, JT Jayne, JL Jimenez… - Mass spectrometry …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The application of mass spectrometric techniques to the real‐time measurement and
characterization of aerosols represents a significant advance in the field of atmospheric …

Interpretation of organic components from Positive Matrix Factorization of aerosol mass spectrometric data

IM Ulbrich, MR Canagaratna, Q Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
The organic aerosol (OA) dataset from an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (Q-AMS)
collected at the Pittsburgh Air Quality Study (PAQS) in September 2002 was analyzed with …

Brown carbon and internal mixing in biomass burning particles

DA Lack, JM Langridge, R Bahreini… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Biomass burning (BB) contributes large amounts of black carbon (BC) and particulate
organic matter (POM) to the atmosphere and contributes significantly to the earth's radiation …

The molecular identification of organic compounds in the atmosphere: state of the art and challenges

B Noziere, M Kalberer, M Claeys, J Allan… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The Earth's atmosphere offers a striking contrast with other known planets by its rich organic
composition, which results almost exclusively from the presence of life on the planet. About …

Real-time chemical characterization of atmospheric particulate matter in China: A review

YJ Li, Y Sun, Q Zhang, X Li, M Li, Z Zhou… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) pollution has become a major health threat
accompanying the rapid economic development in China. For decades, filter-based offline …