Public health and components of particulate matter: The changing assessment of black carbon

TJ Grahame, R Klemm… - Journal of the Air & Waste …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In 2012, the WHO classified diesel emissions as carcinogenic, and its European branch
suggested creating a public health standard for airborne black carbon (BC). In 2011, EU …

Household Cooking with Solid Fuels Contributes to Ambient PM2.5 Air Pollution and the Burden of Disease

ZA Chafe, M Brauer, Z Klimont… - Environmental …, 2014 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Approximately 2.8 billion people cook with solid fuels. Research has focused
on the health impacts of indoor exposure to fine particulate pollution. Here, for the 2010 …

The socioeconomic drivers of China's primary PM2. 5 emissions

D Guan, X Su, Q Zhang, GP Peters, Z Liu… - Environmental …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Primary PM 2.5 emissions contributed significantly to poor air quality in China. We present
an interdisciplinary study to measure the magnitudes of socioeconomic factors in driving …

PM2.5 pollution in a megacity of southwest China: source apportionment and implication

J Tao, J Gao, L Zhang, R Zhang, H Che… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
Daily PM 2.5 (aerosol particles with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 μm) samples
were collected at an urban site in Chengdu, an inland megacity in southwest China, during …

The 2013 severe haze over southern Hebei, China: model evaluation, source apportionment, and policy implications

LT Wang, Z Wei, J Yang, Y Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
Extremely severe and persistent haze occurred in January 2013 over eastern and northern
China. The record-breaking high concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) of more …

Emission trends and mitigation options for air pollutants in East Asia

SX Wang, B Zhao, SY Cai, Z Klimont… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
Emissions of air pollutants in East Asia play an important role in the regional and global
atmospheric environment. In this study we evaluated the recent emission trends of sulfur …

Quantification of Global Primary Emissions of PM2.5, PM10, and TSP from Combustion and Industrial Process Sources

Y Huang, H Shen, H Chen, R Wang… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Emission quantification of primary particulate matter (PM) is essential for assessment of its
related climate and health impacts. To reduce uncertainty associated with global emissions …

A climatology of aerosol optical depth over China from recent 10 years of MODIS remote sensing data.

Y Luo, X Zheng, T Zhao, J Chen - International Journal of …, 2014 - search.ebscohost.com
ABSTRACT Using the recent 10-year (March 2000 to February 2010) MODIS data of aerosol
optical depth (AOD), the distributions of annual and seasonal mean AOD over China are …

China's dimming and brightening: evidence, causes and hydrological implications

YW Wang, YH Yang - Annales Geophysicae, 2014 - angeo.copernicus.org
There is growing evidence that, corresponding to global dimming and brightening, surface
solar radiation and sunshine hours over China have undergone decadal fluctuations during …

Examining air pollution in China using production-and consumption-based emissions accounting approaches

H Huo, Q Zhang, D Guan, X Su, H Zhao… - Environmental science & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Two important reasons for China's air pollution are the high emission factors (emission per
unit of product) of pollution sources and the high emission intensity (emissions per unit of …