Atmospheric nanoparticle growth

D Stolzenburg, R Cai, SM Blichner, J Kontkanen… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
New particle formation of liquid or solid nanoparticles from gas-phase precursors is a
decisive process in Earth's atmosphere and is considered one of the largest uncertainties in …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling particulate nitrate in China: Current findings and future directions

X Xie, J Hu, M Qin, S Guo, M Hu, H Wang, S Lou… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Particulate nitrate (pNO 3) is now becoming the principal component of PM 2.5 during
severe winter haze episodes in many cities of China. To gain a comprehensive …

Aqueous production of secondary organic aerosol from fossil-fuel emissions in winter Beijing haze

J Wang, J Ye, Q Zhang, J Zhao, Y Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) produced by atmospheric oxidation of primary emitted
precursors is a major contributor to fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) air pollution worldwide …

Rapid growth of new atmospheric particles by nitric acid and ammonia condensation

M Wang, W Kong, R Marten, XC He, D Chen, J Pfeifer… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
A list of authors and their affiliations appears at the end of the paper New-particle formation
is a major contributor to urban smog,, but how it occurs in cities is often puzzling. If the …

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 …

Significant reductions in secondary aerosols after the three-year action plan in Beijing summer

Y Li, L Lei, J Sun, Y Gao, P Wang, S Wang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Air quality in China has continuously improved during the Three-Year Action Plan (2018–
2020); however, the changes in aerosol composition, properties, and sources in Beijing …

Fast photochemistry in wintertime haze: consequences for pollution mitigation strategies

K Lu, H Fuchs, A Hofzumahaus, Z Tan… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
In contrast to summer smog, the contribution of photochemistry to the formation of winter
haze in northern mid-to-high latitude is generally assumed to be minor due to reduced solar …

Rapid transition in winter aerosol composition in Beijing from 2014 to 2017: response to clean air actions

H Li, J Cheng, Q Zhang, B Zheng… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
The clean air actions implemented by the Chinese government in 2013 have led to
significantly improved air quality in Beijing. In this work, we combined the in situ …

Control of particulate nitrate air pollution in China

S Zhai, DJ Jacob, X Wang, Z Liu, T Wen, V Shah… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) across China has decreased by 30–
50% over the period 2013–2018 due to stringent emission controls. However, the nitrate …

Field determination of nitrate formation pathway in winter Beijing

X Chen, H Wang, K Lu, C Li, T Zhai, Z Tan… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Particulate nitrate (pNO3–) has often been found to be the major component of fine particles
in urban air-sheds in China, the United States, and Europe during winter haze episodes in …