[HTML][HTML] Winter brown carbon over six of China's megacities: light absorption, molecular characterization, and improved source apportionment revealed by multilayer …

D Wang, Z Shen, Q Zhang, Y Lei… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Brown carbon (BrC) constitutes a large fraction of organic carbon and exhibits strong light
absorption properties, thus affecting the global radiation budget. In this study, we …

Water-soluble organic matter with various polarities in PM2. 5 over Xi'an, China: Abundance, functional groups, and light absorption

X Yang, S Huang, D Li, H Xu, Y Zeng, L Yang, D Wang… - Particuology, 2024 - Elsevier
Humic-like substances (HULIS) are a major component of brown carbon and consequently
play a major role in climate change. In this study, 70 PM 2.5 samples were collected from …

Optical properties and molecular composition of wintertime atmospheric water-soluble organic carbon in different coastal cities of eastern China

H Chen, C Yan, Q Fu, X Wang, J Tang, B Jiang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
To evaluate the optical properties and molecular composition of water-soluble organic
carbon (WSOC) in the atmosphere of coastal cities, particle samples were collected in …

Research progress on the characteristics, sources, and environmental and potential health effects of water-soluble organic compounds in atmospheric particulate …

L Wang, K Gao, W Li, L Lu - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Water-soluble organic compounds (WSOCs) have received extensive attention due to their
indistinct chemical components, complex sources, negative environmental impact, and …

[PDF][PDF] Humic like substances (HULIS): Contribution to global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion

M Whiteside, JM Herndon - European Journal of Applied …, 2023 - nuclearplanet.com
The authors have previously provided compelling evidence that coal fly ash particles, not
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's), are the primary cause of stratospheric ozone depletion. Coal …

Using machine learning to quantify sources of light-absorbing water-soluble humic-like substances (HULISws) in Northeast China

Y Hong, F Cao, MY Fan, YC Lin, M Bao, Y Xue… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water-soluble humic-like substances (HULIS ws) are a group of heterogeneous organic
compounds in the atmosphere, greatly impacting climate change and human health. As the …

Atmospheric humic-like substances (HULIS) in Chongqing, Southwest China: Abundance, light absorption properties, and potential sources

T Tang, H Wang, H Tao, F Yang, Y Chen, T Huo… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Atmospheric humic-like substances (HULIS) have a great impact on radiative forcing and
atmospheric oxidative capacity due to their efficient light absorption properties. Knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of fossil and non-fossil fuel sources on the molecular compositions of water-soluble humic-like substances in PM at a suburban site of Yangtze River …

M Bao, YL Zhang, F Cao, Y Hong, YC Lin… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric humic-like substances (HULIS) affect the global radiation balance due to their
strong light absorption at the ultraviolet wavelength. The potential sources and molecular …

Significant role of biomass burning in heavy haze formation in Nanjing, a megacity in China: molecular-level insights from intensive PM2.5 sampling on winter hazy …

M Kang, M Bao, W Song, A Abulimiti… - Atmospheric …, 2025 - acp.copernicus.org
Reports on the molecular-level characterization of primary and secondary constituents in
PM2. 5 at high temporal resolution, particularly during haze events, are still limited. This …

Distribution, chemical, and molecular composition of high and low molecular weight humic-like substances in ambient aerosols

X Fan, A Cheng, X Yu, T Cao, D Chen… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Humic-like substances (HULIS) encompass a continuum of molecular weight (MW) ranges,
yet our understanding of how HULIS characteristics vary with MW is still limited and not well …