Lifecycle of light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols in the atmosphere

D Liu, C He, JP Schwarz, X Wang - NPJ climate and atmospheric …, 2020 - nature.com
Light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols (LACs), including black carbon and light-absorbing
organic carbon (brown carbon, BrC), have an important role in the Earth system via heating …

Significant changes in the chemical compositions and sources of PM2. 5 in Wuhan since the city lockdown as COVID-19

H Zheng, S Kong, N Chen, Y Yan, D Liu, B Zhu… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wuhan was the first city to adopt the lockdown measures to prevent COVID-19 spreading,
which improved the air quality accordingly. This study investigated the variations in chemical …

Characteristics, secondary transformation, and health risk assessment of ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urban Bei**g, China

Y Liu, L Kong, X Liu, Y Zhang, C Li, Y Zhang… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
The long-term and high temporal resolution measurement of ambient volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) was continuously performed in urban Bei**g in 2016. Historical VOC …

Airborne particulate matter

RM Harrison - … Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Airborne particulate matter (PM) is a pollutant of concern not only because of its adverse
effects on human health but because of its ability to reduce visibility and soil buildings and …

[HTML][HTML] Introduction to the special issue “In-depth study of air pollution sources and processes within Bei**g and its surrounding region (APHH-Bei**g)”

Z Shi, T Vu, S Kotthaus, RM Harrison… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Abstract The Atmospheric Pollution and Human Health in a Chinese Megacity (APHH-
Bei**g) programme is an international collaborative project focusing on understanding the …

Metrological traceability of black carbon measurement based on optical methods and its challenges in China: A review

Y Liu, J Liu, C Yan, J **ao, J Ye, L Guo, M Zheng - Atmospheric Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Black carbon aerosol has received much more attention as the most light-absorbing aerosol
in recent years. The accuracy, traceability and comparability of its optical measurements …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of black carbon-containing fine particles in Bei**g during wintertime

J Wang, D Liu, X Ge, Y Wu, F Shen… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Refractory black carbon (BC) is a product of incomplete combustion of fossil fuel, biomass
and biofuel, etc. By mixing with other species, BC can play significant roles in climate …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring wintertime regional haze in northeast China: role of coal and biomass burning

J Zhang, L Liu, L Xu, Q Lin, H Zhao… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
As one of the intense anthropogenic emission regions across the relatively high-latitude (>
40∘ N) areas on Earth, northeast China faces the serious problem of regional haze during …

Aging of biomass burning emissions in the Indo-Gangetic Plain outflow: Implications for black carbon light-absorption enhancement

SK Kompalli, SS Babu, TC Ajith, KK Moorthy… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent studies worldwide have demonstrated that coating on atmospheric black carbon
(BC) aerosol enhances its absorption potential. However, studies quantifying the light …

Light absorption of black carbon and brown carbon in winter in North China Plain: comparisons between urban and rural sites

J Sun, C **e, W Xu, C Chen, N Ma, W Xu, L Lei… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The light absorption black carbon (BC) and brown carbon (BrC) are two important sources of
uncertainties in radiative forcing estimate. Here we investigated the light absorption …