Review of brown carbon aerosols: Recent progress and perspectives

J Yan, X Wang, P Gong, C Wang, Z Cong - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Brown carbon (BrC), a carbonaceous aerosol which absorbs solar radiation over a broad
range of wavelengths, is beginning to be seen as an important contributor to global …

Review of brown carbon aerosols in China: pollution level, optical properties, and emissions

Q Wang, Y Zhou, N Ma, Y Zhu, X Zhao… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Brown carbon (BrC) has been recognized as an important contributor to global warming due
to its absorption of solar radiation with strong wavelength dependence. While early studies …

[HTML][HTML] Urban aerosol size distributions: a global perspective

T Wu, BE Boor - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Urban aerosol measurements are necessary to establish associations between air pollution
and human health outcomes and to evaluate the efficacy of air quality legislation and …

High contribution of secondary brown carbon to aerosol light absorption in the southeastern margin of Tibetan Plateau

Q Wang, Y Han, J Ye, S Liu… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The optical properties of atmospheric secondary brown carbon (BrC) aerosol are poorly
understood because of its chemical complexity, and this has hampered quantitative …

Non-exhaust particle emissions under various driving conditions: Implications for sustainable mobility

A Beji, K Deboudt, S Khardi, B Muresan… - … Research Part D …, 2020 - Elsevier
Non-exhaust particle (NEP) emissions from road traffic contribute significantly to Particulate
Matter (PM) pollution in urban areas. The primary objective herein is to develop the …

Size-segregated particle number and mass concentrations from different emission sources in urban Beijing

J Cai, B Chu, L Yao, C Yan… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Although secondary particulate matter is reported to be the main contributor of PM 2.5 during
haze in Chinese megacities, primary particle emissions also affect particle concentrations. In …

Emissions of pollutant gases, fine particulate matters and their significant tracers from biomass burning in an open-system combustion chamber

S Chantara, D Thepnuan, W Wiriya, S Prawan, YI Tsai - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
An open-system combustion chamber was designed and constructed for simulation of
burning of various biomass types to estimate emission factors of pollutant gases, fine …

[HTML][HTML] Source apportionment of PM in Shanghai based on hourly organic molecular markers and other source tracers

R Li, Q Wang, X He, S Zhu, K Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Identification of various emission sources and quantification of their contributions comprise
an essential step in formulating scientifically sound pollution control strategies. Most …

Characteristics and pollution formation mechanism of atmospheric fine particles in the megacity of Chengdu, China

L Chen, J Zhang, X Huang, H Li, G Dong, S Wei - Atmospheric Research, 2022 - Elsevier
To investigate the characteristics and pollution formation mechanism of fine particles in the
atmosphere of Chengdu, one of the cities most affected by haze in China, ambient single …

Estimating Absorption Ångström Exponent of Black Carbon Aerosol by Coupling Multiwavelength Absorption with Chemical Composition

Q Wang, H Liu, J Ye, J Tian, T Zhang… - … & Technology Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Light absorption by black carbon (BC) and brown carbon (BrC) aerosols determines their
impacts on climate warming, and the absorption Ångström exponent (AAE) attribution …