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High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China

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  • Ru-Jin Huang

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
    State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), and Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yanlin Zhang

    (and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
    Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • Carlo Bozzetti

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • Kin-Fai Ho

    (The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

  • Jun-Ji Cao

    (State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), and Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yongming Han

    (State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), and Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Kaspar R. Daellenbach

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • Jay G. Slowik

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • Stephen M. Platt

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • Francesco Canonaco

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • Peter Zotter

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • Robert Wolf

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • Simone M. Pieber

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • Emily A. Bruns

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • Monica Crippa

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
    Present address: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Air and Climate Unit, Via Fermi, 2749, 21027 Ispra, Italy.)

  • Giancarlo Ciarelli

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • Andrea Piazzalunga

    (University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, Milan 20126, Italy)

  • Margit Schwikowski

    (and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
    Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • Gülcin Abbaszade

    (Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics and Helmholtz Virtual Institute of Complex Molecular Systems in Environmental Health — Aerosol and Health (HICE), 85764 Neuherberg, Germany)

  • Jürgen Schnelle-Kreis

    (Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics and Helmholtz Virtual Institute of Complex Molecular Systems in Environmental Health — Aerosol and Health (HICE), 85764 Neuherberg, Germany)

  • Ralf Zimmermann

    (Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics and Helmholtz Virtual Institute of Complex Molecular Systems in Environmental Health — Aerosol and Health (HICE), 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
    University of Rostock, Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Institute of Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, 18015 Rostock, Germany)

  • Zhisheng An

    (State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), and Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Sönke Szidat

    (and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland)

  • Urs Baltensperger

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • Imad El Haddad

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

  • André S. H. Prévôt

    (Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland)

Abstract

Investigation of the chemical nature and sources of particulate matter at urban locations in four Chinese cities during a severe haze pollution event finds that the event was driven to a large extent by secondary aerosol formation.

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  • Ru-Jin Huang & Yanlin Zhang & Carlo Bozzetti & Kin-Fai Ho & Jun-Ji Cao & Yongming Han & Kaspar R. Daellenbach & Jay G. Slowik & Stephen M. Platt & Francesco Canonaco & Peter Zotter & Robert Wolf & Sim, 2014. "High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China," Nature, Nature, vol. 514(7521), pages 218-222, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:514:y:2014:i:7521:d:10.1038_nature13774
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13774
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