Short-Lived Climate Forcers (Chapter 6)

S Szopa, V Naik, B Adhikary, P Artaxo, T Berntsen… - 2021 - cambridge.org
Short‑lived climate forcers (SLCFs) affect climate and are, in most cases, also air pollutants.
They include aerosols (sulphate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, mineral dust …

Formation mechanism and control strategy for particulate nitrate in China

H Wang, K Lu, Z Tan, X Chen, Y Liu, Y Zhang - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, fine particulate matter (PM) pollution in China has been abated
significantly, benefiting from strict emission control measures, but particulate nitrate …

Societal shifts due to COVID-19 reveal large-scale complexities and feedbacks between atmospheric chemistry and climate change

JL Laughner, JL Neu, D Schimel… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The COVID-19 global pandemic and associated government lockdowns dramatically altered
human activity, providing a window into how changes in individual behavior, enacted en …

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 …

Important Role of NO3 Radical to Nitrate Formation Aloft in Urban Beijing: Insights from Triple Oxygen Isotopes Measured at the Tower

MY Fan, YL Zhang, YC Lin, Y Hong… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Until now, there has been a lack of knowledge regarding the vertical profiles of nitrate
formation in the urban boundary layer (BL) based on triple oxygen isotopes. Here, we …

Heterogeneous N2O5 Uptake During Winter: Aircraft Measurements During the 2015 WINTER Campaign and Critical Evaluation of Current Parameterizations

EE McDuffie, DL Fibiger, WP Dubé… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nocturnal dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5) heterogeneous chemistry impacts regional air
quality and the distribution and lifetime of tropospheric oxidants. Formed from the oxidation …

Constraints on Aerosol Nitrate Photolysis as a Potential Source of HONO and NOx

PS Romer, PJ Wooldridge, JD Crounse… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
The concentration of nitrogen oxides (NO x) plays a central role in controlling air quality. On
a global scale, the primary sink of NO x is oxidation to form HNO3. Gas-phase HNO3 …

An Odd Oxygen Framework for Wintertime Ammonium Nitrate Aerosol Pollution in Urban Areas: NOx and VOC Control as Mitigation Strategies

CC Womack, EE McDuffie, PM Edwards… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wintertime ammonium nitrate aerosol pollution is a severe air quality issue affecting both
developed and rapidly urbanizing regions from Europe to East Asia. In the United States, it is …

Summertime fine particulate nitrate pollution in the North China Plain: increasing trends, formation mechanisms and implications for control policy

L Wen, L Xue, X Wang, C Xu, T Chen… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Nitrate aerosol makes up a significant fraction of fine particles and plays a key role in
regional air quality and climate. The North China Plain (NCP) is one of the most …

Investigation of global particulate nitrate from the AeroCom phase III experiment

H Bian, M Chin, DA Hauglustaine… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
An assessment of global particulate nitrate and ammonium aerosol based on simulations
from nine models participating in the Aerosol Comparisons between Observations and …