Severe haze in northern China: A synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes

Z An, RJ Huang, R Zhang, X Tie, G Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Regional severe haze represents an enormous environmental problem in China, influencing
air quality, human health, ecosystem, weather, and climate. These extremes are …

Multiphase oxidation of sulfur dioxide in aerosol particles: Implications for sulfate formation in polluted environments

T Liu, AWH Chan, JPD Abbatt - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Atmospheric oxidation of sulfur dioxide (SO2) forms sulfate-containing aerosol particles that
impact air quality, climate, and human and ecosystem health. It is well-known that in-cloud …

Tracking Air Pollution in China: Near Real-Time PM2.5 Retrievals from Multisource Data Fusion

G Geng, Q Xiao, S Liu, X Liu, J Cheng… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Air pollution has altered the Earth's radiation balance, disturbed the ecosystem, and
increased human morbidity and mortality. Accordingly, a full-coverage high-resolution air …

Sulfate formation is dominated by manganese-catalyzed oxidation of SO2 on aerosol surfaces during haze events

W Wang, M Liu, T Wang, Y Song, L Zhou, J Cao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The formation mechanism of aerosol sulfate during wintertime haze events in China is still
largely unknown. As companions, SO2 and transition metals are mainly emitted from coal …

Persistent sulfate formation from London Fog to Chinese haze

G Wang, R Zhang, ME Gomez, L Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Sulfate aerosols exert profound impacts on human and ecosystem health, weather, and
climate, but their formation mechanism remains uncertain. Atmospheric models consistently …

Oxidation of sulfur dioxide by nitrogen dioxide accelerated at the interface of deliquesced aerosol particles

T Liu, JPD Abbatt - Nature Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Although the multiphase chemistry of SO2 in aerosol particles is of great importance to air
quality under polluted haze conditions, a fundamental understanding of the pertinent …

Fast sulfate formation from oxidation of SO2 by NO2 and HONO observed in Beijing haze

J Wang, J Li, J Ye, J Zhao, Y Wu, J Hu, D Liu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Severe events of wintertime particulate air pollution in Beijing (winter haze) are associated
with high relative humidity (RH) and fast production of particulate sulfate from the oxidation …

Formation of urban fine particulate matter

R Zhang, G Wang, S Guo, ML Zamora, Q Ying… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Urban air pollution represents one of the greatest environmental challenges facing mankind
in the 21st century. 1, 2 Noticeably, many developing countries, such as China and India …

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 …

Explosive secondary aerosol formation during severe haze in the North China Plain

J Peng, M Hu, D Shang, Z Wu, Z Du, T Tan… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Severe haze events with exceedingly high-levels of fine aerosols occur frequently over the
past decades in the North China Plain (NCP), exerting profound impacts on human health …