Aerosol high water contents favor sulfate and secondary organic aerosol formation from fossil fuel combustion emissions

X Huang, Z Liu, Y Ge, Q Li, X Wang, H Fu… - npj Climate and …, 2023 - nature.com
Fine-particle pollution associated with high sulfate and secondary organic aerosol (SOA)
contents still occurs in winter, despite considerable reductions in precursor emissions in …

The impact of relative humidity on aerosol composition and evolution processes during wintertime in Beijing, China

Y Sun, Z Wang, P Fu, Q Jiang, T Yang, J Li… - Atmospheric Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Non-refractory submicron aerosol (NR-PM 1) species measured by an Aerodyne Aerosol
Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) along with collocated gaseous species are used to …

Multiphase oxidation of sulfur dioxide in aerosol particles: Implications for sulfate formation in polluted environments

T Liu, AWH Chan, JPD Abbatt - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Atmospheric oxidation of sulfur dioxide (SO2) forms sulfate-containing aerosol particles that
impact air quality, climate, and human and ecosystem health. It is well-known that in-cloud …

Wintertime formation of large sulfate particles in China and implications for human health

Q Zhang, Y Wang, M Liu, M Zheng, L Yuan… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Outdoor air pollution causes millions of premature deaths annually worldwide. Sulfate is a
major component of particulate pollution. Winter sulfate observations in China show both …

[HTML][HTML] Relative humidity and concentration as two prerequisites for sulfate formation

Y Fang, C Ye, J Wang, Y Wu, M Hu… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Sulfate formation mechanisms have been discussed extensively but are still disputed. In this
work, a year-long particulate matter (PM 2.5) sampling campaign was conducted together …

Importance of sulfate radical anion formation and chemistry in heterogeneous OH oxidation of sodium methyl sulfate, the smallest organosulfate

KC Kwong, MM Chim, JF Davies… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Organosulfates are important organosulfur compounds present in atmospheric particles.
While the abundance, composition, and formation mechanisms of organosulfates have been …

Targeting Atmospheric Oxidants Can Better Reduce Sulfate Aerosol in China: H2O2 Aqueous Oxidation Pathway Dominates Sulfate Formation in Haze

J Gao, G Shi, Z Zhang, Y Wei, X Tian… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Particulate sulfate is one of the most important components in the atmosphere. The
observation of rapid sulfate aerosol production during haze events provoked scientific …

A critical review of sulfate aerosol formation mechanisms during winter polluted periods

C Ye, K Lu, H Song, Y Mu, J Chen, Y Zhang - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sulfate aerosol contributes to particulate matter pollution and plays a key role in aerosol
radiative forcing, impacting human health and climate change. Atmospheric models tend to …

Aerosol water content enhancement leads to changes in the major formation mechanisms of nitrate and secondary organic aerosols in winter over the North China …

C Chen, H Zhang, W Yan, N Wu, Q Zhang, K He - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, severe air pollution still frequently occurs in winter despite the effective
implementation of clean air actions in China. Therefore, field measurements of particle …

Organosulfates in ambient aerosol: state of knowledge and future research directions on formation, abundance, fate, and importance

M Brüggemann, R Xu, A Tilgner… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Organosulfates (OSs), also referred to as organic sulfate esters, are well-known and
ubiquitous constituents of atmospheric aerosol particles. Commonly, they are assumed to …