The diversity of ambient particle size and chemical composition considerably complicates
pinpointing the specific causal associations between exposure to particles and adverse …

Aerosols are of central importance for atmospheric chemistry and physics, the biosphere,
climate, and public health. The airborne solid and liquid particles in the nanometer to …

Combustion-derived black carbon (BC) aerosols accelerate glacier melting in the Himalayas
and in Tibet (the Third Pole (TP)), thereby limiting the sustainable freshwater supplies for …

Smoke haze episodes, resulting from uncontrolled biomass burning (BB) including forest
and peat fires, continue to occur in Southeast Asia (SEA), affecting air quality, atmospheric …

European publications dealing with source apportionment (SA) of atmospheric particulate
matter (PM) between 1987 and 2007 were reviewed in the present work, with a focus on …

In spite of impressive advances in recent years, our present understanding of organic
aerosol (OA) composition, physical and chemical properties, sources and transformation …

High loadings of anthropogenic carbonaceous aerosols in Chinese air influence the air
quality for over one billion people and impact the regional climate. A large fraction (17–80%) …

Water‐soluble organic carbon (WSOC) is a major constituent (~ 20–80%) of the total organic
carbon aerosol over the Indian subcontinent during the dry winter season. Due to its multiple …

Many open questions exist about the importance of different sources of carbonaceous
aerosol, which is a substantial contributor to the global aerosol budget and, therefore, to …

N-containing organic compounds (NOCs) in humic-like substances (HULIS) emitted from
biomass burning (BB) and coal combustion (CC) were characterized by ultrahigh-resolution …