Recent advances in understanding secondary organic aerosol: Implications for global climate forcing

M Shrivastava, CD Cappa, J Fan… - Reviews of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic emissions and land use changes have modified atmospheric aerosol
concentrations and size distributions over time. Understanding preindustrial conditions and …

Review of urban secondary organic aerosol formation from gasoline and diesel motor vehicle emissions

DR Gentner, SH Jathar, TD Gordon… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is formed from the atmospheric oxidation of gas-phase
organic compounds leading to the formation of particle mass. Gasoline-and diesel-powered …

Real-time chemical characterization of atmospheric particulate matter in China: A review

YJ Li, Y Sun, Q Zhang, X Li, M Li, Z Zhou… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) pollution has become a major health threat
accompanying the rapid economic development in China. For decades, filter-based offline …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Gasoline cars produce more carbonaceous particulate matter than modern filter-equipped diesel cars

SM Platt, I El Haddad, SM Pieber, AA Zardini… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Carbonaceous particulate matter (PM), comprising black carbon (BC), primary organic
aerosol (POA) and secondary organic aerosol (SOA, from atmospheric aging of precursors) …

Fine particle pH and gas–particle phase partitioning of inorganic species in Pasadena, California, during the 2010 CalNex campaign

H Guo, J Liu, KD Froyd, JM Roberts… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
pH is a fundamental aerosol property that affects ambient particle concentration and
composition, linking pH to all aerosol environmental impacts. Here, PM 1 and PM 2. 5 pH …

Seasonal variations in high time-resolved chemical compositions, sources, and evolution of atmospheric submicron aerosols in the megacity Beijing

W Hu, M Hu, WW Hu, J Zheng, C Chen… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
A severe regional haze problem in the megacity Beijing and surrounding areas, caused by
fast formation and growth of fine particles, has attracted much attention in recent years. In …

Semivolatile POA and parameterized total combustion SOA in CMAQv5. 2: impacts on source strength and partitioning

BN Murphy, MC Woody, JL Jimenez… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Mounting evidence from field and laboratory observations coupled with atmospheric model
analyses shows that primary combustion emissions of organic compounds dynamically …

Reducing secondary organic aerosol formation from gasoline vehicle exhaust

Y Zhao, R Saleh, G Saliba, AA Presto… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
On-road gasoline vehicles are a major source of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) in urban
areas. We investigated SOA formation by oxidizing dilute, ambient-level exhaust …

Aerosol characteristics and sources in Yangzhou, China resolved by offline aerosol mass spectrometry and other techniques

X Ge, L Li, Y Chen, H Chen, D Wu, J Wang, X Xie… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Detailed chemical characterization of fine aerosols (PM 2.5) is important for reducing air
pollution in densely populated areas, such as the Yangtze River Delta region in China. This …