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 …

Estimation of the contribution of road traffic emissions to particulate matter concentrations from field measurements: A review

P Pant, RM Harrison - Atmospheric environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Road traffic is one of the main sources of particulate matter in the atmosphere. Despite its
importance, there are significant challenges in quantitative evaluation of its contribution to …

Air pollution in China: status and spatiotemporal variations

C Song, L Wu, Y **e, J He, X Chen, T Wang, Y Lin… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, China has experienced severe and persistent air pollution associated with
rapid urbanization and climate change. Three years' time series (January 2014 to December …

Formation, features and controlling strategies of severe haze-fog pollutions in China

H Fu, J Chen - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
With rapid industrialization and urbanization, China is facing a great challenge with regard
to severe fog-haze pollutions, which were characterized by high fine particulate …

Contribution of nitrated phenols to wood burning brown carbon light absorption in Detling, United Kingdom during winter time

C Mohr, FD Lopez-Hilfiker, P Zotter… - Environmental …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We show for the first time quantitative online measurements of five nitrated phenol (NP)
compounds in ambient air (nitrophenol C6H5NO3, methylnitrophenol C7H7NO3 …

Overview of sources and characteristics of nanoparticles in urban traffic-influenced areas

T Rönkkö, H Timonen - Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Atmospheric nanoparticles can be formed either via nucleation in atmosphere or be directly
emitted to the atmosphere. In urban areas, several combustion sources (engines, biomass …

[HTML][HTML] Source apportionment of fine and coarse particles at a roadside and urban background site in London during the 2012 summer ClearfLo campaign

LR Crilley, F Lucarelli, WJ Bloss, RM Harrison… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
London, like many major cities, has a noted air pollution problem, and a better
understanding of the sources of airborne particles in the different size fractions will facilitate …

Contributions from transport, solid fuel burning and cooking to primary organic aerosols in two UK cities

JD Allan, PI Williams, WT Morgan… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
Organic matter frequently represents the single largest fraction of fine particulates in urban
environments and yet the exact contributions from different sources and processes remain …

[HTML][HTML] Urban aerosol size distributions: a global perspective

T Wu, BE Boor - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Urban aerosol measurements are necessary to establish associations between air pollution
and human health outcomes and to evaluate the efficacy of air quality legislation and …

Boundary layer dynamics over London, UK, as observed using Doppler lidar during REPARTEE-II

JF Barlow, TM Dunbar, EG Nemitz… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
Urban boundary layers (UBLs) can be highly complex due to the heterogeneous roughness
and heating of the surface, particularly at night. Due to a general lack of observations, it is …