Explosive secondary aerosol formation during severe haze in the North China Plain

J Peng, M Hu, D Shang, Z Wu, Z Du, T Tan… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Severe haze events with exceedingly high-levels of fine aerosols occur frequently over the
past decades in the North China Plain (NCP), exerting profound impacts on human health …

Chemical ionization mass spectrometry: Developments and applications for on-line characterization of atmospheric aerosols and trace gases

Y Zhang, R Liu, D Yang, Y Guo, M Li, K Hou - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS) is a powerful tool for on-line characterization
of atmospheric trace species and reveal of new atmospheric oxidation mechanisms. The …

[HTML][HTML] Daytime atmospheric oxidation capacity in four Chinese megacities during the photochemically polluted season: a case study based on box model simulation

Z Tan, K Lu, M Jiang, R Su, H Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric oxidation capacity is the basis for converting freshly emitted substances into
secondary products and is dominated by reactions involving hydroxyl radicals (OH) during …

Field determination of nitrate formation pathway in winter Beijing

X Chen, H Wang, K Lu, C Li, T Zhai, Z Tan… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Particulate nitrate (pNO3–) has often been found to be the major component of fine particles
in urban air-sheds in China, the United States, and Europe during winter haze episodes in …

High N2O5 Concentrations Observed in Urban Beijing: Implications of a Large Nitrate Formation Pathway

H Wang, K Lu, X Chen, Q Zhu, Q Chen… - … & Technology Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
The heterogeneous hydrolysis of dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5) is important to understanding
the formation of particulate nitrate (pNO3–). Measurements of N2O5 in the surface layer …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated levels of OH observed in haze events during wintertime in central Beijing

EJ Slater, LK Whalley… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Wintertime in situ measurements of OH, HO 2 and RO 2 radicals and OH reactivity were
made in central Beijing during November and December 2016. Exceptionally elevated NO …

Heterogeneous N2O5 Uptake During Winter: Aircraft Measurements During the 2015 WINTER Campaign and Critical Evaluation of Current Parameterizations

EE McDuffie, DL Fibiger, WP Dubé… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nocturnal dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5) heterogeneous chemistry impacts regional air
quality and the distribution and lifetime of tropospheric oxidants. Formed from the oxidation …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrate formation from heterogeneous uptake of dinitrogen pentoxide during a severe winter haze in southern China

H Yun, W Wang, T Wang, M Xia, C Yu… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Nitrate (NO3-) has become a major component of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) during
hazy days in China. However, the role of the heterogeneous reactions of dinitrogen …

[HTML][HTML] Fast particulate nitrate formation via uptake aloft in winter in Beijing

H Wang, K Lu, X Chen, Q Zhu, Z Wu… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Particulate nitrate (p NO 3-) is an important component of secondary aerosols in urban
areas. Therefore, it is critical to explore its formation mechanism to assist with the planning of …

Nitrated phenols and the phenolic precursors in the atmosphere in urban Jinan, China

M Li, X Wang, C Lu, R Li, J Zhang, S Dong… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nitrated phenols are a major class of brown carbon in the atmosphere and have adverse
effects on human and plants health. They are emitted from combustion sources or produced …