Mass reconstruction methods for PM2.5: a review

JC Chow, DH Lowenthal, LWA Chen, X Wang… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2015 - Springer
Major components of suspended particulate matter (PM) are inorganic ions, organic matter
(OM), elemental carbon (EC), geological minerals, salt, non-mineral elements, and water …

Impacts on iron solubility in the mineral dust by processes in the source region and the atmosphere: A review

Z Shi, MD Krom, TD Jickells, S Bonneville, KS Carslaw… - Aeolian Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Mineral dust is a complex entity containing a range of iron minerals including poorly
crystalline to crystalline iron oxides to clay minerals. Important progress has been made to …

Evaluation of composition-dependent collection efficiencies for the aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer using field data

AM Middlebrook, R Bahreini, JL Jimenez… - Aerosol Science and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometers (AMS) have been used in many
locations around the world to study the size-resolved, nonrefractory chemical composition of …

Aerosol pH and its driving factors in Beijing

J Ding, P Zhao, J Su, Q Dong, X Du… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Aerosol acidity plays a key role in secondary aerosol formation. The high-temporal-
resolution PM 2.5 pH and size-resolved aerosol pH in Beijing were calculated with …

Aerosol liquid water driven by anthropogenic inorganic salts: Implying its key role in haze formation over the North China Plain

Z Wu, Y Wang, T Tan, Y Zhu, M Li… - … & Technology Letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
This study reveals aerosol liquid water content (ALWC) in PM2. 5 ranged from 2% up to
74%, and the associated secondary inorganic fraction rose from 24% to 55%, while ambient …

Factors determining the formation of secondary inorganic aerosol: a case study in the Po Valley (Italy)

S Squizzato, M Masiol, A Brunelli… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
Physicochemical properties of aerosol were investigated by analyzing the inorganic water
soluble content in PM 2.5 samples collected in the eastern part of the Po Valley (Italy). In this …

Liquid water: ubiquitous contributor to aerosol mass

TKV Nguyen, Q Zhang, JL Jimenez… - … & Technology Letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Aerosol liquid water (ALW) is a ubiquitous component of atmospheric aerosol and
influences particle chemistry, visibility, human health, and regional climate. The global …

Comparing the mechanism of water condensation and evaporation in glassy aerosol

DL Bones, JP Reid, DM Lienhard… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Atmospheric models generally assume that aerosol particles are in equilibrium with the
surrounding gas phase. However, recent observations that secondary organic aerosols can …

Observations of relative humidity effects on aerosol light scattering in the Yangtze River Delta of China

L Zhang, JY Sun, XJ Shen, YM Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Scattering of solar radiation by aerosol particles is highly dependent on relative humidity
(RH) as hygroscopic particles take up water with increasing RH. To achieve a better …

A study of aerosol liquid water content based on hygroscopicity measurements at high relative humidity in the North China Plain

YX Bian, CS Zhao, N Ma, J Chen… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
Water can be a major component of aerosol particles, also serving as a medium for aqueous-
phase reactions. In this study, a novel method is presented to calculate the aerosol liquid …