A review of particulate pollution over Himalaya region: Characteristics and salient factors contributing ambient PM pollution

MA Hassan, T Mehmood, J Liu, X Luo, X Li… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Himalayas, which include delicate and unspoiled ecosystems, have the third-largest
glacier ice store in the world. Recent research reveals that anthropogenic and natural factors …

Aerosol optical depth over India

LM David, AR Ravishankara, JK Kodros… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tropospheric aerosol optical depth (AOD) over India was simulated by Goddard Earth
Observing System (GEOS)‐Chem, a global 3‐D chemical‐transport model, using SMOG …

Long-range transboundary atmospheric transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, carbonaceous compositions, and water-soluble ionic species in southern …

C ChooChuay, S Pongpiachan, D Tipmanee… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2020 - Springer
This study investigated atmospheric particulate matter (PM) with an aerodynamic diameter
of< 2.5 µm (PM2. 5) observed at the Prince of Songkla University (Phuket Campus) in …

Chemical composition of PM10 and PM1 at the high-altitude Himalayan station Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid (NCO-P) (5079 m asl)

S Decesari, MC Facchini, C Carbone… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
We report chemical composition data for PM 10 and PM 1 from the Nepal Climate
Observatory-Pyramid (NCO-P), the world's highest aerosol observatory, located at 5079 m …

Characterization of PM2.5 and identification of transported secondary and biomass burning contribution in Seoul, Korea

Y Kim, J Seo, JY Kim, JY Lee, H Kim… - Environmental Science and …, 2018 - Springer
The chemical and seasonal characteristics of fine particulates in Seoul, Korea, were
investigated based on 24-h integrated PM 2.5 measurements made over four 1-month …

One-year observations of carbonaceous and nitrogenous components and major ions in the aerosols from subtropical Okinawa Island, an outflow region of Asian …

B Kunwar, K Kawamura - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
Ambient aerosol samples (TSP, n= 50) were collected for 12 months at subtropical Okinawa
Island, Japan, an outflow region of Asian dusts in the western North Pacific and analysed for …

Effect of biomass burning over the western North Pacific Rim: wintertime maxima of anhydrosugars in ambient aerosols from Okinawa

C Zhu, K Kawamura, B Kunwar - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Biomass burning (BB) largely modifies the chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols on
the globe. We collected aerosol samples (TSP) at Cape Hedo, on subtropical Okinawa …

Origin and properties of soluble brown carbon in freshly emitted and aged ambient aerosols over an urban site in India

C Sarkar, C Venkataraman, S Yadav, HC Phuleria… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work investigates the absorption properties of soluble brown carbon (BrC), extracted in
methanol and water, from ambient aerosol (PM 10) samples, collected over an urban …

Water-soluble organic aerosols over South Asia–Seasonal changes and source characteristics

CB Ramya, AR Aswini, P Hegde, SKR Boreddy… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) has been identified as a key component in
atmospheric aerosols due to its ability to act as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) owing to …

Organic tracers of primary biological aerosol particles at subtropical Okinawa Island in the western North Pacific Rim

C Zhu, K Kawamura, B Kunwar - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Primary biological aerosol particles (PBAPs) play an important role in affecting atmospheric
physical and chemical properties. Aerosol samples were collected at Cape Hedo, Okinawa …