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

Z An, RJ Huang, R Zhang, X Tie, G Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

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 …

Emissions and indoor concentrations of particulate matter and its specific chemical components from cooking: A review

KL Abdullahi, JM Delgado-Saborit… - Atmospheric Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
It has long been known that cooking can create high concentrations of aerosol indoors.
Increasingly, it is now being reported that cooking aerosol is also a significant component of …

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) …

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 …

An Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) for routine monitoring of the composition and mass concentrations of ambient aerosol

NL Ng, SC Herndon, A Trimborn… - Aerosol Science and …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
We present a new instrument, the Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM), which
routinely characterizes and monitors the mass and chemical composition of non-refractory …

Chemical composition, sources, and aging process of submicron aerosols in Bei**g: Contrast between summer and winter

W Hu, M Hu, W Hu, JL Jimenez, B Yuan… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate the seasonal characteristics of submicron aerosol (PM1) in Bei**g urban
areas, a high‐resolution time‐of‐flight aerosol‐mass‐spectrometer (HR‐ToF‐AMS) was …

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 …

Changes in organic aerosol composition with aging inferred from aerosol mass spectra

NL Ng, MR Canagaratna, JL Jimenez… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
Organic aerosols (OA) can be separated with factor analysis of aerosol mass spectrometer
(AMS) data into hydrocarbon-like OA (HOA) and oxygenated OA (OOA). We develop a new …