Severe haze in northern China: A synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes

Z An, RJ Huang, R Zhang, X Tie, G Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Regional severe haze represents an enormous environmental problem in China, influencing
air quality, human health, ecosystem, weather, and climate. These extremes are …

[HTML][HTML] A review of biomass burning: Emissions and impacts on air quality, health and climate in China

J Chen, C Li, Z Ristovski, A Milic, Y Gu, MS Islam… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biomass burning (BB) is a significant air pollution source, with global, regional and local
impacts on air quality, public health and climate. Worldwide an extensive range of studies …

Enhanced secondary pollution offset reduction of primary emissions during COVID-19 lockdown in China

X Huang, A Ding, J Gao, B Zheng, D Zhou… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
To control the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), China imposed nationwide
restrictions on the movement of its population (lockdown) after the Chinese New Year of …

Persistent sulfate formation from London Fog to Chinese haze

G Wang, R Zhang, ME Gomez, L Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Sulfate aerosols exert profound impacts on human and ecosystem health, weather, and
climate, but their formation mechanism remains uncertain. Atmospheric models consistently …

Formation of urban fine particulate matter

R Zhang, G Wang, S Guo, ML Zamora, Q Ying… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Urban air pollution represents one of the greatest environmental challenges facing mankind
in the 21st century. 1, 2 Noticeably, many developing countries, such as China and India …

A chemical cocktail during the COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing, China: Insights from six-year aerosol particle composition measurements during the Chinese New Year …

Y Sun, L Lei, W Zhou, C Chen, Y He, J Sun, Z Li… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapidly spread coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has limited people's outdoor activities
and hence caused substantial reductions in anthropogenic emissions around the world …

Reactive nitrogen chemistry in aerosol water as a source of sulfate during haze events in China

Y Cheng, G Zheng, C Wei, Q Mu, B Zheng, Z Wang… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Fine-particle pollution associated with winter haze threatens the health of more than 400
million people in the North China Plain. Sulfate is a major component of fine haze particles …

Nanofiber Air Filters with High-Temperature Stability for Efficient PM2.5 Removal from the Pollution Sources

R Zhang, C Liu, PC Hsu, C Zhang, N Liu, J Zhang… - Nano …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Here, we developed high-efficiency (> 99.5%) polyimide-nanofiber air filters for the high
temperature PM2. 5 removal. The polyimide nanofibers exhibited high thermal stability, and …

A review of current knowledge concerning PM2. 5 chemical composition, aerosol optical properties and their relationships across China

J Tao, L Zhang, J Cao, R Zhang - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
To obtain a thorough knowledge of PM 2. 5 chemical composition and its impact on aerosol
optical properties across China, existing field studies conducted after the year 2000 are …

Temporal-spatial characteristics and source apportionment of PM2. 5 as well as its associated chemical species in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of China

J Gao, K Wang, Y Wang, S Liu, C Zhu, J Hao, H Liu… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
PM 2.5 and its major chemical compositions were sampled and analyzed in January, April,
July and October of 2014 at Beijing (BJ), Tianjin (TJ), Langfang (LF) and Baoding (BD) in …