Severe haze in northern China: A synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes

Z An, RJ Huang, R Zhang, X Tie, G Li, J Cao… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - pnas.org
Regional severe haze represents an enormous environmental problem in China, influencing
air quality, human health, ecosystem, weather, and climate. These extremes are …

Explosive secondary aerosol formation during severe haze in the North China Plain

J Peng, M Hu, D Shang, Z Wu, Z Du, T Tan… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Severe haze events with exceedingly high-levels of fine aerosols occur frequently over the
past decades in the North China Plain (NCP), exerting profound impacts on human health …

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 …

A chemical cocktail during the COVID-19 outbreak in Bei**g, China: Insights from six-year aerosol particle composition measurements during the Chinese New Year …

Y Sun, L Lei, W Zhou, C Chen, Y He, J Sun, Z Li… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapidly spread coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has limited people's outdoor activities
and hence caused substantial reductions in anthropogenic emissions around the world …

Rapid transition in winter aerosol composition in Bei**g from 2014 to 2017: response to clean air actions

H Li, J Cheng, Q Zhang, B Zheng… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
The clean air actions implemented by the Chinese government in 2013 have led to
significantly improved air quality in Bei**g. In this work, we combined the in situ …

Fine-particle pH for Bei**g winter haze as inferred from different thermodynamic equilibrium models

S Song, M Gao, W Xu, J Shao, G Shi… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
pH is an important property of aerosol particles but is difficult to measure directly. Several
studies have estimated the pH values for fine particles in northern China winter haze using …

Changes in aerosol chemistry from 2014 to 2016 in winter in Bei**g: Insights from high‐resolution aerosol mass spectrometry

W Xu, Y Sun, Q Wang, J Zhao, J Wang… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Air quality has been continuously improved in recent years in Bei**g, yet severe haze
episodes still frequently occur in winter. Here we deployed an Aerodyne high‐resolution …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive evaluation of PM2. 5-bound PAHs and their derivative in winter from six megacities in China: Insight the source-dependent health risk and …

J Sun, Z Shen, T Zhang, S Kong, H Zhang… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Atmospheric PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) and their derivatives are a global
concern that influences environments and threatens human health. Concentrations of 52 …

Effects of aqueous-phase and photochemical processing on secondary organic aerosol formation and evolution in Bei**g, China

W Xu, T Han, W Du, Q Wang, C Chen… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) constitutes a large fraction of OA, yet remains a source of
significant uncertainties in climate models due to incomplete understanding of its formation …