Aerosol and monsoon climate interactions over Asia

Z Li, WKM Lau, V Ramanathan, G Wu… - Reviews of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing severity of droughts/floods and worsening air quality from increasing
aerosols in Asia monsoon regions are the two gravest threats facing over 60% of the world …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) trends in China, 2013–2018: separating contributions from anthropogenic emissions and meteorology

S Zhai, DJ Jacob, X Wang, L Shen, K Li… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is a severe air pollution problem in China. Observations of
PM2. 5 have been available since 2013 from a large network operated by the China …

Drivers of improved PM2.5 air quality in China from 2013 to 2017

Q Zhang, Y Zheng, D Tong, M Shao… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
From 2013 to 2017, with the implementation of the toughest-ever clean air policy in China,
significant declines in fine particle (PM2. 5) concentrations occurred nationwide. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Dominant role of emission reduction in PM air quality improvement in Beijing during 2013–2017: a model-based decomposition analysis

J Cheng, J Su, T Cui, X Li, X Dong, F Sun… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
In 2013, China's government published the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan
(APPCAP) with a specific target for Beijing, which aims to reduce annual mean PM2. 5 …

Aerosol and boundary-layer interactions and impact on air quality

Z Li, J Guo, A Ding, H Liao, J Liu, Y Sun… - National Science …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Air quality is concerned with pollutants in both the gas phase and solid or liquid phases. The
latter are referred to as aerosols, which are multifaceted agents affecting air quality, weather …

Weather conditions conducive to Beijing severe haze more frequent under climate change

W Cai, K Li, H Liao, H Wang, L Wu - Nature Climate Change, 2017 - nature.com
The frequency of Beijing winter severe haze episodes has increased substantially over the
past decades,,,, and is commonly attributed to increased pollutant emissions from China's …

[HTML][HTML] Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in China at a city level

YL Zhang, F Cao - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
This study presents one of the first long term datasets including a statistical summary of PM2.
5 concentrations obtained from one-year monitoring in 190 cities in China. We found only 25 …

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 …

The impact of meteorological changes from 2013 to 2017 on PM2.5 mass reduction in key regions in China

X Zhang, X Xu, Y Ding, Y Liu, H Zhang, Y Wang… - Science China Earth …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract In 2013, China issued the “Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Air
Pollution”(“Ten Statements of Atmosphere”) and implemented a series of pollution reduction …