Comparison of Measurement-Based Methodologies to Apportion Secondary Organic Carbon (SOC) in PM2.5: A Review of Recent Studies

D Srivastava, O Favez, E Perraudin, E Villenave… - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is known to account for a major fraction of airborne
particulate matter, with significant impacts on air quality and climate at the global scale …

Increasing importance of nitrate formation for heavy aerosol pollution in two megacities in Sichuan Basin, southwest China

M Tian, Y Liu, F Yang, L Zhang, C Peng, Y Chen… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Secondary inorganic aerosols, including sulfate, nitrate, and ammonium contribute to a large
extent to the severe haze pollution events in China. Understanding their formation …

PMF and PSCF based source apportionment of PM2. 5 at a regional background site in North China

Z Zong, X Wang, C Tian, Y Chen, S Fu, L Qu, L Ji… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract To apportion regional PM 2.5 (atmospheric particles with aerodynamic diameter<
2.5 μm) source types and their geographic pattern in North China, 120 daily PM 2.5 samples …

Air pollutant variations in Suzhou during the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown of 2020: High time-resolution measurements of aerosol chemical …

H Wang, Q Miao, L Shen, Q Yang, Y Wu, H Wei - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
To control the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), China imposed rigorous
restrictions, which resulted in great reductions in pollutant emissions. This study examines …

Highly time-resolved characterization of water-soluble inorganic ions in PM2. 5 in a humid and acidic mega city in Sichuan Basin, China

M Tian, HB Wang, Y Chen, LM Zhang, GM Shi… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
To investigate the characteristics of water-soluble inorganic ions (WSIIs) in Chongqing, a
well-known foggy and acid region in southwestern China, hourly real-time concentrations of …

Chemical characteristics and source apportionment of ambient PM1. 0 and PM2. 5 in a polluted city in North China plain

C Chen, H Zhang, H Li, N Wu, Q Zhang - Atmospheric Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Handan is a heavily polluted city in the northern China. From 6 to December 31, 2015, PM
1.0 and PM 2.5 samples were synchronously collected for 23.5 h of each day at an urban …

Coal and biomass burning as major emissions of NOX in Northeast China: Implication from dual isotopes analysis of fine nitrate aerosols

ZY Zhao, F Cao, MY Fan, WQ Zhang, XY Zhai… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, there are still huge amounts of NOx emissions in the Northeast, and this
inevitably increases the concentration of aerosol nitrate (NO 3−), which plays an important …

Impact of clean air action on the PM2. 5 pollution in Beijing, China: Insights gained from two heating seasons measurements

N Pang, J Gao, G Zhu, L Hui, P Zhao, Z Xu, W Tang… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Comprehensive observations have been carried out in Beijing to investigate the impact of
the Clean Air Action implemented in 2013 on changes in aerosol chemistry characteristics in …

Source apportionment and health risk assessment of airborne particulates over central Indo-Gangetic Plain

V Murari, N Singh, R Ranjan, RS Singh, T Banerjee - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Sources of airborne particulates (PM 10) were investigated in two contrasting sites over
central Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), one representing a rural background (Mirzapur) and …

Aerosol optical properties and chemical composition apportionment in Sichuan Basin, China

H Wang, G Shi, M Tian, L Zhang, Y Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
PM 2.5 and its major chemical components, and light scattering (σ scat) and absorption (σ
abs) coefficients were measured in Chengdu (CD) and Chongqing (CQ) in Sichuan Basin …