A review of atmospheric individual particle analyses: Methodologies and applications in environmental research

L Shao, P Liu, T Jones, S Yang, W Wang, D Zhang… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aerosol ultra-fine and nano-particles are playing essential roles in the evolution of the Earth
environment because of their deep connections to the chemical conversions and solar …

Attribution of air quality benefits to clean winter heating policies in China: combining machine learning with causal inference

C Song, B Liu, K Cheng, MA Cole, Q Dai… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heating is a major source of air pollution. To improve air quality, a range of clean heating
policies were implemented in China over the past decade. Here, we evaluated the impacts …

Spatiotemporal variations and reduction of air pollutants during the COVID-19 pandemic in a megacity of Yangtze River Delta in China

Q Yuan, B Qi, D Hu, J Wang, J Zhang, H Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent decades, air pollution has become an important environmental problem in the
megacities of eastern China. How to control air pollution in megacities is still a challenging …

Trends of source apportioned PM2. 5 in Tianjin over 2013–2019: impacts of clean air actions

Q Dai, J Chen, X Wang, T Dai, Y Tian, X Bi, G Shi… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract A long-term (2013–2019) PM 2.5 speciation dataset measured in Tianjin, the
largest industrial city in northern China, was analyzed with dispersion normalized positive …

[HTML][HTML] Contributions of various driving factors to air pollution events: Interpretability analysis from Machine learning perspective

T Li, Q Zhang, Y Peng, X Guan, L Li, J Mu… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
The air quality in China has been improved substantially, however fine particulate matter
(PM 2.5) still remain at a high level in many areas. PM 2.5 pollution is a complex process …

Aerosol high water contents favor sulfate and secondary organic aerosol formation from fossil fuel combustion emissions

X Huang, Z Liu, Y Ge, Q Li, X Wang, H Fu… - npj Climate and …, 2023 - nature.com
Fine-particle pollution associated with high sulfate and secondary organic aerosol (SOA)
contents still occurs in winter, despite considerable reductions in precursor emissions in …

Occurrence, abundance, and formation of atmospheric tarballs from a wide range of wildfires in the western US

K Adachi, JE Dibb, JM Katich… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Biomass burning emits large numbers of organic aerosol particles, a subset of which are
called tarballs (TBs). TBs possess a spherical morphology and unique physical, chemical …

Trans‐regional transport of haze particles from the North China Plain to Yangtze River Delta during winter

J Zhang, Q Yuan, L Liu, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
According to atmospheric modeling and satellite observations, cold fronts can cause trans‐
regional transport (TRT) of haze particles from the North China Plain (NCP) to Yangtze River …

Computer-controlled scanning electron microscope: Methodologies and application scenarios in atmospheric particle research

W Li, L Shao, H Geng, GS Casuccio, J Gao - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the physicochemical properties of atmospheric particles and the refined
source apportionment become a vital foundation for targeted control of air pollution. The …

Source differences in the components and cytotoxicity of PM from automobile exhaust, coal combustion, and biomass burning contributing to urban aerosol toxicity

XS Luo, W Huang, G Shen, Y Pang… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Although air quality guidelines generally use the atmospheric concentration of fine
particulate matter (PM 2.5) as a metric for air pollution evaluation and management, the fact …