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 …

Molecular compositions and optical properties of dissolved brown carbon in biomass burning, coal combustion, and vehicle emission aerosols illuminated by …

J Tang, J Li, T Su, Y Han, Y Mo, H Jiang… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Brown carbon (BrC) plays an essential impact on radiative forcing due to its ability to absorb
sunlight. In this study, the optical properties and molecular characteristics of water-soluble …

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 …

Light-absorbing and fluorescent properties of atmospheric brown carbon: A case study in Nanjing, China

X Xie, Y Chen, D Nie, Y Liu, Y Liu, R Lei, X Zhao, H Li… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Brown carbon (BrC), a significant wavelength-dependent atmospheric absorber of solar
radiation, plays a key role in photochemistry and long-lasting haze episodes. Herein, two …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of the light-absorbing properties, chromophore composition and sources of brown carbon aerosol in Xi'an, northwestern China

W Yuan, RJ Huang, L Yang, J Guo… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
The impact of brown carbon aerosol (BrC) on the Earth's radiative forcing balance has been
widely recognized but remains uncertain, mainly because the relationships among BrC …

Molecular-level insights into the temperature-dependent formation dynamics and mechanism of water-soluble dissolved organic carbon derived from biomass …

T Li, M Ruan, Y Cao, W Feng, F Song, Y Bai, X Zhao… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Water soluble organic carbon (WSOC) derived from biomass pyrolytic smoke is deposited
through atmospheric aerosols, negatively affecting aquatic ecological quality and safety …

Brown carbon in atmospheric fine particles in Yangzhou, China: Light absorption properties and source apportionment

Y Chen, X Xie, Z Shi, Y Li, X Gai, J Wang, H Li, Y Wu… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Light absorbing organic carbon, aka, brown carbon (BrC) is an important contributor to air
quality deterioration and global radiative forcing. This work studied optical, chemical …

Optical characteristics and source apportionment of brown carbon in winter PM2. 5 over Yulin in Northern China

Y Lei, Z Shen, Q Wang, T Zhang, J Cao, J Sun… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, daily PM 2.5 samples were collected at an urban site in Yulin of Northern China
during a winter season. Eight carbon fractions, 13 kinds of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons …

Molecular characterization of water-soluble aerosol particle extracts by ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry: Observation of industrial emissions and an …

E Schneider, H Czech, O Popovicheva… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Air pollution over Lake Baikal originating from anthropogenic emissions as well as wildfire
events and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation poses a threat to this world heritage …

Contribution of brown carbon to the light absorption and radiative effect of carbonaceous aerosols from biomass burning emissions in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Y Zhang, Y Peng, W Song, YL Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chiang Mai suffers from adverse haze associated with heavy biomass burning (BB) during
almost every dry season (February to April). As an important source of light-absorbing …