Recent increase of surface particulate matter concentrations in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, Korea

HC Kim, S Kim, BU Kim, CS Jin, S Hong, R Park… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Recent changes of surface particulate matter (PM) concentration in the Seoul Metropolitan
Area (SMA), South Korea, are puzzling. The long-term trend of surface PM concentration in …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for impacts on surface-level air quality in the northeastern US from long-distance transport of smoke from North American fires during the Long …

HM Rogers, JC Ditto, DR Gentner - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Biomass burning is a large source of uncontrolled air pollutants, including particulate matter
(ie, PM 2.5), black carbon (BC), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and carbon monoxide …

Measurement report: Characterization of severe spring haze episodes and influences of long-range transport in the Seoul metropolitan area in March 2019

H Kim, Q Zhang, Y Sun - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Severe haze episodes have occurred frequently in the Seoul metropolitan area (SMA) and
throughout East Asian countries, especially during winter and early spring. Although notable …

Contribution of combustion Fe in marine aerosols over the northwestern Pacific estimated by Fe stable isotope ratios

M Kurisu, K Sakata, M Uematsu, A Ito… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
The source apportionment of aerosol iron (Fe), including natural and combustion Fe, is an
important issue because aerosol Fe can enhance oceanic primary production in the surface …

Evaluation of simulated O3 production efficiency during the KORUS-AQ campaign: Implications for anthropogenic NOx emissions in Korea

YJ Oak, RJ Park, JR Schroeder, JH Crawford… - Elem Sci …, 2019 - online.ucpress.edu
We examine O3 production and its sensitivity to precursor gases and boundary layer mixing
in Korea by using a 3-D global chemistry transport model and extensive observations during …

Enhanced PM2. 5 episodes in a small residential city of South Korea: Effects of biomass burning and secondary formations

SY Choi, HJ Lee, SW Park, YJ Han - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the characteristics and possible causes of high-concentration PM 2.5 episodes
occurring in a small residential city with low anthropogenic emissions were investigated. The …

Speciation and sources of brown carbon in precipitation at Seoul, Korea: insights from excitation–emission matrix spectroscopy and carbon isotopic analysis

G Yan, G Kim - Environmental science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Brown carbon (BrC) plays a significant role in the Earth's radiative balance, yet its sources
and chemical composition remain poorly understood. In this work, we investigated BrC in the …

Smoke aerosol chemistry and aging of Siberian biomass burning emissions in a large aerosol chamber

AC Kalogridis, OB Popovicheva, G Engling… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
Vegetation open fires constitute a significant source of particulate pollutants on a global
scale and play an important role in both atmospheric chemistry and climate change. To …

Sources and atmospheric processing of winter aerosols in Seoul, Korea: insights from real-time measurements using a high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometer

H Kim, Q Zhang, GN Bae, JY Kim… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Highly time-resolved chemical characterization of nonrefractory submicrometer particulate
matter (NR-PM 1) was conducted in Seoul, the capital and largest metropolis of Korea, using …

Biomass burning impacts on ambient aerosol at a background site in East China: Insights from a yearlong study

L Liang, G Engling, Y Cheng, X Liu, Z Du, Q Ma… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass burning activities are ubiquitous in China. In order to better understand the
biomass burning sources and their impacts on aerosol components in the background air of …