Heat waves (HWs) can cause large socioeconomic and environmental impacts. The
observed increases in their frequency, intensity and duration are projected to continue with …

Black carbon (BC) and light-absorbing organic carbon (brown carbon, BrC) play key roles in
warming the atmosphere, but the magnitude of their effects remains highly uncertain …

Studies of the chemistry of the urban atmosphere provide special challenges which arise
from the high density of emissions, strong concentration gradients and relatively high …

Anthropogenic secondary organic aerosol (ASOA), formed from anthropogenic emissions of
organic compounds, constitutes a substantial fraction of the mass of submicron aerosol in …

Vehicle-related particulate matter (PM) emissions may arise from both exhaust and non-
exhaust mechanisms, such as brake wear, tire wear, and road pavement abrasion, each of …

London, like many major cities, has a noted air pollution problem, and a better
understanding of the sources of airborne particles in the different size fractions will facilitate …

Abstract The Atmospheric Pollution and Human Health in a Chinese Megacity (APHH-
Beijing) programme is an international collaborative project focusing on understanding the …

Objectives There is evidence of adverse associations between short-term exposure to traffic-
related pollution and health, but little is known about the relative contribution of the various …

Black carbon aerosols (BC) at a London urban site were characterised in both winter-and
summertime 2012 during the Clean Air for London (ClearfLo) project. Positive matrix …

Abstract Introduction Despite the London Underground (LU) handling on average 2.8 million
passenger journeys per day, the characteristics and potential health effects of the elevated …