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

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, Simone M. Pieber, Emily A. Bruns, Monica Crippa, Giancarlo Ciarelli, Andrea Piazzalunga, Margit Schwikowski, Gülcin Abbaszade, Jürgen Schnelle-Kreis, Ralf Zimmermann, Zhisheng An, Sönke Szidat, Urs Baltensperger, Imad El Haddad and André S. H. Prévôt ()
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Ru-Jin Huang: Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Yanlin Zhang: and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, 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
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
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
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

Nature, 2014, vol. 514, issue 7521, 218-222

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.

Date: 2014
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