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Research article
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09 Feb 2021
Research article |
| 09 Feb 2021
| 09 Feb 2021
Characteristics, primary sources and secondary formation of water-soluble organic aerosols in downtown Beijing
Qing Yu
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution
Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,
China
Center of Atmospheric Environmental Studies, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, China
Jing Chen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution
Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,
China
Center of Atmospheric Environmental Studies, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, China
Weihua Qin
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution
Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,
China
Center of Atmospheric Environmental Studies, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, China
Siming Cheng
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution
Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,
China
Center of Atmospheric Environmental Studies, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, China
Yuepeng Zhang
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution
Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,
China
Center of Atmospheric Environmental Studies, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, China
Yuewei Sun
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution
Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,
China
Center of Atmospheric Environmental Studies, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, China
Ke Xin
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution
Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,
China
Center of Atmospheric Environmental Studies, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, China
Mushtaq Ahmad
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution
Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,
China
Center of Atmospheric Environmental Studies, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing 100875, China
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Short summary
Water-soluble organic aerosols have significant impacts on haze formation, climate change and human health. This study investigated the characteristics of WSOC in PM2.5 in Beijing to compare the source contributions of different WSOC fractions and the influencing factors for different secondary components in WSOC. Our results help to propose control measures for WSOC during severe haze episodes and underline the importance of SOA properties and heterogeneous reactions in different seasons.
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