Formation of urban fine particulate matter

R Zhang, G Wang, S Guo, ML Zamora, Q Ying… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Urban air pollution represents one of the greatest environmental challenges facing mankind
in the 21st century. 1, 2 Noticeably, many develo** countries, such as China and India …

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 …

Elucidating severe urban haze formation in China

S Guo, M Hu, ML Zamora, J Peng, D Shang… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - pnas.org
As the world's second largest economy, China has experienced severe haze pollution, with
fine particulate matter (PM) recently reaching unprecedentedly high levels across many …

Review of urban secondary organic aerosol formation from gasoline and diesel motor vehicle emissions

DR Gentner, SH Jathar, TD Gordon… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is formed from the atmospheric oxidation of gas-phase
organic compounds leading to the formation of particle mass. Gasoline-and diesel-powered …

Review of receptor modeling methods for source apportionment

PK Hopke - Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Efforts have been made to relate measured concentrations of airborne constituents to their
origins for more than 50 years. During this time interval, there have been developments in …

Elemental ratio measurements of organic compounds using aerosol mass spectrometry: characterization, improved calibration, and implications

MR Canagaratna, JL Jimenez, JH Kroll… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Elemental compositions of organic aerosol (OA) particles provide useful constraints on OA
sources, chemical evolution, and effects. The Aerodyne high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol …

Overview of HOMEChem: House observations of microbial and environmental chemistry

DK Farmer, ME Vance, JPD Abbatt… - … Science: Processes & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry (HOMEChem) study is a
collaborative field investigation designed to probe how everyday activities influence the …

[HTML][HTML] Methods for estimating uncertainty in PMF solutions: Examples with ambient air and water quality data and guidance on reporting PMF results

SG Brown, S Eberly, P Paatero, GA Norris - Science of the total environment, 2015 - Elsevier
The new version of EPA's positive matrix factorization (EPA PMF) software, 5.0, includes
three error estimation (EE) methods for analyzing factor analytic solutions: classical …

Aqueous production of secondary organic aerosol from fossil-fuel emissions in winter Bei**g haze

J Wang, J Ye, Q Zhang, J Zhao, Y Wu, J Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) produced by atmospheric oxidation of primary emitted
precursors is a major contributor to fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) air pollution worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] European aerosol phenomenology− 8: Harmonised source apportionment of organic aerosol using 22 Year-long ACSM/AMS datasets

G Chen, F Canonaco, A Tobler, W Aas… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic aerosol (OA) is a key component of total submicron particulate matter (PM 1), and
comprehensive knowledge of OA sources across Europe is crucial to mitigate PM 1 levels …