Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs

S Fuzzi, U Baltensperger, K Carslaw… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
The literature on atmospheric particulate matter (PM), or atmospheric aerosol, has increased
enormously over the last 2 decades and amounts now to some 1500–2000 papers per year …

An overview of particulate emissions from residential biomass combustion

ED Vicente, CA Alves - Atmospheric Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Residential biomass burning has been pointed out as one of the largest sources of fine
particles in the global troposphere with serious impacts on air quality, climate and human …

Sources of black carbon to the Himalayan–Tibetan Plateau glaciers

C Li, C Bosch, S Kang, A Andersson, P Chen… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Combustion-derived black carbon (BC) aerosols accelerate glacier melting in the Himalayas
and in Tibet (the Third Pole (TP)), thereby limiting the sustainable freshwater supplies for …

Chemistry and the linkages between air quality and climate change

E Von Schneidemesser, PS Monks, JD Allan… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Climate change and air pollution are critical environmental issues both in the here and now
and for the coming decades. A recent OECD report found that unless action is taken, air …

Particles, air quality, policy and health

MR Heal, P Kumar, RM Harrison - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The diversity of ambient particle size and chemical composition considerably complicates
pinpointing the specific causal associations between exposure to particles and adverse …

The formation, properties and impact of secondary organic aerosol: current and emerging issues

M Hallquist, JC Wenger, U Baltensperger… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) accounts for a significant fraction of ambient tropospheric
aerosol and a detailed knowledge of the formation, properties and transformation of SOA is …

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 …

Wintertime aerosol chemical composition and source apportionment of the organic fraction in the metropolitan area of Paris

M Crippa, PF DeCarlo, JG Slowik… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
The effect of a post-industrial megacity on local and regional air quality was assessed via a
month-long field measurement campaign in the Paris metropolitan area during winter 2010 …

Aerosol mass spectrometer constraint on the global secondary organic aerosol budget

DV Spracklen, JL Jimenez, KS Carslaw… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
The budget of atmospheric secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is very uncertain, with recent
estimates suggesting a global source of between 12 and 1820 Tg (SOA) a− 1. We used a …

Particulate emissions from residential wood combustion in Europe–revised estimates and an evaluation

HAC Denier Van Der Gon, R Bergström… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Currently residential wood combustion (RWC) is increasing in Europe because of rising
fossil fuel prices but also due to climate change mitigation policies. However, especially in …