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) …

Mass reconstruction methods for PM2.5: a review

JC Chow, DH Lowenthal, LWA Chen, X Wang… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2015 - Springer
Major components of suspended particulate matter (PM) are inorganic ions, organic matter
(OM), elemental carbon (EC), geological minerals, salt, non-mineral elements, and water …

Investigation of the sources and evolution processes of severe haze pollution in Bei**g in January 2013

Y Sun, Q Jiang, Z Wang, P Fu, J Li… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
China experienced severe haze pollution in January 2013. Here we have a detailed
characterization of the sources and evolution mechanisms of this haze pollution with a focus …

Evaluation of the absorption Ångström exponents for traffic and wood burning in the Aethalometer-based source apportionment using radiocarbon measurements of …

P Zotter, H Herich, M Gysel, I El-Haddad… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Equivalent black carbon (EBC) measured by a multi-wavelength Aethalometer can be
apportioned to traffic and wood burning. The method is based on the differences in the …

[HTML][HTML] Six global biomass burning emission datasets: intercomparison and application in one global aerosol model

X Pan, C Ichoku, M Chin, H Bian… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Aerosols from biomass burning (BB) emissions are poorly constrained in global and
regional models, resulting in a high level of uncertainty in understanding their impacts. In …

Evolution of organic aerosols in the atmosphere

JL Jimenez, MR Canagaratna, NM Donahue… - science, 2009 - science.org
Organic aerosol (OA) particles affect climate forcing and human health, but their sources and
evolution remain poorly characterized. We present a unifying model framework describing …

The formation, properties and impact of secondary organic aerosol: current and emerging issues

M Hallquist, JC Wenger, U Baltensperger… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) accounts for a significant fraction of ambient tropospheric
aerosol and a detailed knowledge of the formation, properties and transformation of SOA is …

Primary and secondary aerosols in Bei**g in winter: sources, variations and processes

Y Sun, W Du, P Fu, Q Wang, J Li, X Ge… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Winter has the worst air pollution of the year in the megacity of Bei**g. Despite extensive
winter studies in recent years, our knowledge of the sources, formation mechanisms and …

A single parameter representation of hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nucleus activity

MD Petters, SM Kreidenweis - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2007 - acp.copernicus.org
We present a method to describe the relationship between particle dry diameter and cloud
condensation nuclei (CCN) activity using a single hygroscopicity parameter κ. Values of the …

Organic aerosol components observed in Northern Hemispheric datasets from Aerosol Mass Spectrometry

NL Ng, MR Canagaratna, Q Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
In this study we compile and present results from the factor analysis of 43 Aerosol Mass
Spectrometer (AMS) datasets (27 of the datasets are reanalyzed in this work). The …