Analysis of atmospheric aerosols

KA Prather, CD Hatch, VH Grassian - Annu. Rev. Anal. Chem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Aerosols represent an important component of the Earth's atmosphere. Because aerosols
are composed of solid and liquid particles of varying chemical complexity, size, and phase …

The possible role of local air pollution in climate change in West Africa

P Knippertz, MJ Evans, PR Field, AH Fink… - Nature Climate …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The climate of West Africa is characterized by a sensitive monsoon system that is
associated with marked natural precipitation variability. This region has been and is …

Quantifying the role of PM2. 5 drop** in variations of ground-level ozone: Inter-comparison between Bei**g and Los Angeles

M Shao, W Wang, B Yuan, DD Parrish, X Li, K Lu… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent decade the ambient fine particle (PM 2.5) levels have shown a trend of distinct
drop** in China, while ground-level ozone concentrations have been increasing in Bei**g …

Atmospheric brown clouds: Hemispherical and regional variations in long‐range transport, absorption, and radiative forcing

V Ramanathan, F Li, MV Ramana… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The study uses satellite observations, global assimilated aerosol data sets, Atmospheric
Brown Clouds (ABC) observatories, a Monte Carlo aerosol‐cloud‐radiation model and a …

Direct observations of the atmospheric processing of Asian mineral dust

RC Sullivan, SA Guazzotti, DA Sodeman… - Atmospheric …, 2007 - acp.copernicus.org
The accumulation of secondary acids and ammonium on individual mineral dust particles
during ACE-Asia has been measured with an online single-particle mass spectrometer, the …

Impacts of aerosol direct effects on tropospheric ozone through changes in atmospheric dynamics and photolysis rates

J **ng, J Wang, R Mathur, S Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Aerosol direct effects (ADEs), ie, scattering and absorption of incoming solar radiation,
reduce radiation reaching the ground and the resultant photolysis attenuation can decrease …

Heterogeneous chemistry of individual mineral dust particles from different dust source regions: the importance of particle mineralogy

BJ Krueger, VH Grassian, JP Cowin, A Laskin - Atmospheric Environment, 2004 - Elsevier
The heterogeneous chemistry of individual dust particles from four different dust source
regions is investigated on a particle-by-particle basis using state-of-the-art scanning electron …

Overview of the Atmospheric Brown Cloud East Asian Regional Experiment 2005 and a study of the aerosol direct radiative forcing in east Asia

T Nakajima, SC Yoon, V Ramanathan… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This article introduces an international regional experiment, East Asian Regional
Experiment 2005 (EAREX 2005), carried out in March–April 2005 in the east Asian region …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of aerosols on surface-layer ozone concentrations in China through heterogeneous reactions and changes in photolysis rates

S Lou, H Liao, B Zhu - Atmospheric Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
We quantify the impacts of aerosols on distributions and concentrations of O 3 over China
through heterogeneous reactions and changes in photolysis rates using the global chemical …

Polluted dust promotes new particle formation and growth

W Nie, A Ding, T Wang, VM Kerminen, C George… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Understanding new particle formation and their subsequent growth in the troposphere has a
critical impact on our ability to predict atmospheric composition and global climate change …