Severe haze in northern China: A synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes

Z An, RJ Huang, R Zhang, X Tie, G Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Regional severe haze represents an enormous environmental problem in China, influencing
air quality, human health, ecosystem, weather, and climate. These extremes are …

[HTML][HTML] A review of biomass burning: Emissions and impacts on air quality, health and climate in China

J Chen, C Li, Z Ristovski, A Milic, Y Gu, MS Islam… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biomass burning (BB) is a significant air pollution source, with global, regional and local
impacts on air quality, public health and climate. Worldwide an extensive range of studies …

Severe air pollution events not avoided by reduced anthropogenic activities during COVID-19 outbreak

P Wang, K Chen, S Zhu, P Wang, H Zhang - Resources, Conservation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 in China, almost all avoidable activities in
China are prohibited since Wuhan announced lockdown on January 23, 2020. With reduced …

A chemical cocktail during the COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing, China: Insights from six-year aerosol particle composition measurements during the Chinese New Year …

Y Sun, L Lei, W Zhou, C Chen, Y He, J Sun, Z Li… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapidly spread coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has limited people's outdoor activities
and hence caused substantial reductions in anthropogenic emissions around the world …

Primary and secondary aerosols in Beijing in winter: sources, variations and processes

Y Sun, W Du, P Fu, Q Wang, J Li, X Ge… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Winter has the worst air pollution of the year in the megacity of Beijing. Despite extensive
winter studies in recent years, our knowledge of the sources, formation mechanisms and …

Fine-particle pH for Beijing winter haze as inferred from different thermodynamic equilibrium models

S Song, M Gao, W Xu, J Shao, G Shi… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
pH is an important property of aerosol particles but is difficult to measure directly. Several
studies have estimated the pH values for fine particles in northern China winter haze using …

Changes in aerosol chemistry from 2014 to 2016 in winter in Beijing: Insights from high‐resolution aerosol mass spectrometry

W Xu, Y Sun, Q Wang, J Zhao, J Wang… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Air quality has been continuously improved in recent years in Beijing, yet severe haze
episodes still frequently occur in winter. Here we deployed an Aerodyne high‐resolution …

Effects of aqueous-phase and photochemical processing on secondary organic aerosol formation and evolution in Beijing, China

W Xu, T Han, W Du, Q Wang, C Chen… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) constitutes a large fraction of OA, yet remains a source of
significant uncertainties in climate models due to incomplete understanding of its formation …

Rapid formation and evolution of an extreme haze episode in Northern China during winter 2015

Y Sun, C Chen, Y Zhang, W Xu, L Zhou, X Cheng… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
We investigate the rapid formation and evolutionary mechanisms of an extremely severe
and persistent haze episode that occurred in northern China during winter 2015 using …

“APEC Blue”: secondary aerosol reductions from emission controls in Beijing

Y Sun, Z Wang, O Wild, W Xu, C Chen, P Fu, W Du… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
China implemented strict emission control measures in Beijing and surrounding regions to
ensure good air quality during the 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit …