Most developing countries in the world face the common challenges of reducing air pollution
and advancing the process of sustainable development, especially in China. Air pollution …

Comparisons of aerosol composition and sources in different cities or regions are rather
limited, yet important for an in-depth understanding of the spatial diversity of aerosol …

Abstract The Sichuan and Chongqing regions suffer from severe haze weather in winter due
to the unfavourable atmospheric diffusion conditions. Reanalysis and precipitation datasets …

Background Particles from non-exhaust emissions derived from traffic activities are a
dominant cause of toxic metal pollution in urban environments. Recently, studies applying …

Estimation of hourly and continuous ground-level fine particulate matter (PM 2.5)
concentrations is essential for PM 2.5 pollution sources identifications, targeted policy …

China established ground PM2. 5 monitoring network in late 2012 and hence the long-term
and large-scale PM2. 5 data were lacking before 2013. In this work, we developed a …

Visibility impairment has become an important environmental issue receiving great attention
from both the scientific community and the public. Long-term meteorological data from Baoji …

Haze has been a focused air pollution phenomenon in China, and its characterization is
highly desired. Aerosol properties obtained from a single station are frequently used to …

The health risks of PM2. 5-bound heavy metals have attracted extensive attention recently.
In order to evaluate those deleterious effects on human health more accurately, and to …

The mass concentrations of atmospheric refractory black carbon (rBC), an important
absorber of solar radiation, were continuously measured with a single particle soot …