Emission factors and light absorption properties of brown carbon from household coal combustion in China

J Sun, G Zhi, R Hitzenberger, Y Chen… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Brown carbon (BrC) draws increasing attention due to its effects on climate and other
environmental factors. In China, household coal burned for heating and cooking purposes …

Long-term variation of black carbon and PM2. 5 in Beijing, China with respect to meteorological conditions and governmental measures

Y Chen, N Schleicher, M Fricker, K Cen, X Liu… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) and PM 2.5 were studied for nine years from 2005 to 2013 in the Beijing
urban area. The overall weekly average mass concentrations of BC and PM 2.5 were 4.3 …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement report: Long-term changes in black carbon and aerosol optical properties from 2012 to 2020 in Beijing, China

J Sun, Z Wang, W Zhou, C Xie, C Wu… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric aerosols play an important role in the radiation balance of the earth–
atmosphere system. However, our knowledge of the long-term changes in equivalent black …

Source apportionment of black carbon in different seasons in the northern suburb of Nanjing, China

A Jing, B Zhu, H Wang, X Yu, J An, H Kang - Atmospheric Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, black carbon (BC) was measured in the northern suburb of Nanjing from
January to December 2016 using a seven-channel Aethalometer (AE33). BC sources in …

Intra-regional transport of black carbon between the south edge of the North China Plain and central China during winter haze episodes

H Zheng, S Kong, F Wu, Y Cheng, Z Niu… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Black carbon (BC), which is formed from the incomplete combustion of fuel sources (mainly
fossil fuel, biofuel and open biomass burning), is a chemically inert optical absorber in the …

A review on the techniques used and status of equivalent black carbon measurement in two major Asian countries

A Malik, SG Aggarwal - Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment, 2021 - Springer
Black Carbon (BC) is a major pollutant that poses immediate health as well as long-term
climatic threat to human civilization. Globally, India and China are considered to be among …

A 5.5-year observations of black carbon aerosol at a megacity in Central China: levels, sources, and variation trends

H Zheng, S Kong, M Zheng, Y Yan, L Yao… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract After releasing the Air Pollution Prevention Control and Action Plan (APPC) in
China since 2013, the role of source emission control strategies and meteorological …

Pollution trends in China from 2000 to 2017: A multi-sensor view from space

J Li - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Satellite sensors can provide unique views of global pollution information from space. In
particular, a series of aerosol and trace gas monitoring instruments have been operating for …

[HTML][HTML] Emission factors of organic carbon and elemental carbon for residential coal and biomass fuels in China-A new database for 39 fuel-stove combinations

J Sun, G Zhi, W Jin, Y Chen, G Shen, C Tian… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years many households in northern China's rural areas tend to furnish their houses
with water-circulating piping system for heating, which entails mini-boiler stoves to heat …

Characterization of black carbon aerosol in the Yangtze River Delta, China: Seasonal variation and source apportionment

L Shen, H Wang, X Kong, C Zhang, S Shi… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
As a crucial absorptive component of aerosols, black carbon (BC) plays a key role in
modifying the planetary boundary layer (PBL) meteorology and hence aggravating the haze …