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Increased inorganic aerosol fraction contributes to air pollution and haze in China
Yonghong Wang
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and
Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty
of Science, P.O. Box 64, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Yuesi Wang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and
Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Centre for Excellence in Atmospheric Urban Environment, Institute of
Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Science, Xiamen, Fujian, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and
Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Tuukka Petäjä
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty
of Science, P.O. Box 64, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Joint international research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth
SysTem sciences (JirLATEST), Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Qiaozhi Zha
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty
of Science, P.O. Box 64, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Chongshui Gong
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and
Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Institute of Arid meteorology, China Meteorological Administration,
Lanzhou, China
Sixuan Li
State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences
and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Yuepeng Pan
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and
Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and
Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Jinyuan Xin
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and
Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Markku Kulmala
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty
of Science, P.O. Box 64, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Joint international research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth
SysTem sciences (JirLATEST), Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Aerosol and Haze Laboratory, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for
Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical
Technology (BUCT), Beijing, China
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Satellite observations combined with in situ measurements demonstrate that increased inorganic aerosol fractions of NO2 and SO2 contribute to air pollution and frequently occurring haze in China from 1980 to 2010. Currently, the reduction of nitrate, sulfate and their precursor gases would contribute towards better visibility in China.
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