Air quality and climate connections

AM Fiore, V Naik, EM Leibensperger - Journal of the Air & Waste …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Multiple linkages connect air quality and climate change. Many air pollutant sources also
emit carbon dioxide (CO2), the dominant anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG). The two …

Quantification of atmospheric ammonia concentrations: A review of its measurement and modeling

AA Nair, F Yu - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ammonia (NH3), the most prevalent alkaline gas in the atmosphere, plays a significant role
in PM2. 5 formation, atmospheric chemistry, and new particle formation. This paper reviews …

Reversal of trends in global fine particulate matter air pollution

C Li, A van Donkelaar, MS Hammer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is the world's leading environmental health risk
factor. Quantification is needed of regional contributions to changes in global PM2. 5 …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrate radicals and biogenic volatile organic compounds: oxidation, mechanisms, and organic aerosol

NL Ng, SS Brown, AT Archibald, E Atlas… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) by the nitrate radical (NO 3)
represents one of the important interactions between anthropogenic emissions related to …

Increasing importance of deposition of reduced nitrogen in the United States

Y Li, BA Schichtel, JT Walker… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Rapid development of agriculture and fossil fuel combustion greatly increased US reactive
nitrogen emissions to the atmosphere in the second half of the 20th century, resulting in …

Quantifying atmospheric nitrogen deposition through a nationwide monitoring network across China

W Xu, XS Luo, YP Pan, L Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
A Nationwide Nitrogen Deposition Monitoring Network (NNDMN) containing 43 monitoring
sites was established in China to measure gaseous NH 3, NO 2, and HNO 3 and particulate …

Ozone trends across the United States over a period of decreasing NOx and VOC emissions

H Simon, A Reff, B Wells, J Xing… - Environmental science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this work, we evaluate ambient ozone trends at urban, suburban, and rural monitoring
sites across the United States over a period of decreasing NOx and VOC emissions (1998 …

High aerosol acidity despite declining atmospheric sulfate concentrations over the past 15 years

RJ Weber, H Guo, AG Russell, A Nenes - Nature Geoscience, 2016 - nature.com
Particle acidity affects aerosol concentrations, chemical composition and toxicity. Sulfate is
often the main acid component of aerosols, and largely determines the acidity of fine …

MIX: a mosaic Asian anthropogenic emission inventory under the international collaboration framework of the MICS-Asia and HTAP

M Li, Q Zhang, J Kurokawa, JH Woo… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
The MIX inventory is developed for the years 2008 and 2010 to support the Model Inter-
Comparison Study for Asia (MICS-Asia) and the Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air …

Unexpected slowdown of US pollutant emission reduction in the past decade

Z Jiang, BC McDonald, H Worden… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Ground and satellite observations show that air pollution regulations in the United States
(US) have resulted in substantial reductions in emissions and corresponding improvements …