Air quality monitoring on university campuses as a crucial component to move toward sustainable campuses: An overview

O Ramírez, B Hernández-Cuellar, JD de la Rosa - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
The infrastructure and activities of university campuses (UCs) can generate adverse
environmental impacts. Consequently, UCs have been forced to include a sustainability …

Metrological traceability of black carbon measurement based on optical methods and its challenges in China: A review

Y Liu, J Liu, C Yan, J Xiao, J Ye, L Guo, M Zheng - Atmospheric Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Black carbon aerosol has received much more attention as the most light-absorbing aerosol
in recent years. The accuracy, traceability and comparability of its optical measurements …

Evaluation of MERRA-2 black carbon characteristics and potential sources over China

M Mao, Y Zhou, X Zhang - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
Black carbon (BC), an important component of atmospheric aerosol, plays a significant role
in regional climate, hydrological cycle, variation of monsoon rainfall, and human health. The …

Air pollutants in metropolises of eastern coastal China

M Mao, L Rao, H Jiang, S He, X Zhang - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently released hourly particular matter (PM: PM2. 5 and PM10) and gaseous pollutants
(SO2, NO2, CO, and O3) data observed in Qingdao, Hangzhou, and Xiamen from 2015 to …

Seasonal variation of optical properties and source apportionment of black and brown carbon in Xi'an, China

M Yuan, Q Wang, Z Zhao, Y Zhang, Y Lin… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
To acquire the seasonal variation of black carbon (BC) and brown carbon (BrC) light
absorption (Abs), PM 2.5 samples were obtained over an entire year of 2018 and analyzed …

Compensatory effect of biomass burning on black carbon concentrations during COVID-19 lockdown at a high-altitude station in SW India

S Mukherjee, A Verma, GS Meena, S Kodoli… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
The characteristics of black carbon (BC) aerosols, their sources, and their impact on
atmospheric radiative forcing were extensively studied during the COVID-19 lockdown (28th …

Effects of anthropogenic emissions and meteorological conditions on diurnal variation of formaldehyde (HCHO) in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Y Gao, H Pan, L Cao, C Lu, Q Yang, X Lu… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Formaldehyde (HCHO) plays an important role in the troposphere, as it is a major precursor
of ozone and heavily affects the health of lives on the earth. However, to the present, major …

Origins of black carbon from anthropogenic emissions and open biomass burning transported to Xishuangbanna, Southwest China

X Liu, S Wang, Q Zhang, C Jiang, L Liang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) has importance regarding aerosol composition, radiative balance, and
human exposure. This study adopted a backward-trajectory approach to quantify the origins …

Seasonal characteristics and provenance of organic aerosols in the urban atmosphere of Liaocheng in the North China Plain: Significant effect of biomass burning

Y Li, M Chen, Y Wang, T Huang, G Wang, Z Li, J Li… - Particuology, 2023 - Elsevier
To better understand the seasonal characteristics of urban organic aerosol (OA) in the North
China Plain (NCP), PM 2.5 samples in the urban atmosphere of Liaocheng were collected …

Development of season-dependent land use regression models to estimate BC and PM1 exposure

X Xu, N Qin, L Qi, B Zou, S Cao, K Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Reliable estimation of exposure to black carbon (BC) and sub-micrometer particles (PM 1)
within a city is challenging because of limited monitoring data as well as the lack of models …