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High frequency of urban new particle formation on the Tibetan Plateau: quantifying formation rates, growth rates, and CCN production
Qiqi Mo
Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas, Minzu University of China, National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing, 100081, China
Longjie Wen
Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas, Minzu University of China, National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing, 100081, China
School of Ecology and Environment, College of Intelligence, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas, Minzu University of China, National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing, 100081, China
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Ministry of Education, Xizang University, Lhasa, 850000, China
SKL-ESPC & SEPKL-AERM, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Tibetan Plateau, and Center for Environment and Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas, Minzu University of China, National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing, 100081, China
Weili Lin
Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas, Minzu University of China, National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing, 100081, China
Institute of National Security, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, China
Fengjun Shen
Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas, Minzu University of China, National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing, 100081, China
Tong Liu
Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas, Minzu University of China, National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing, 100081, China
Yicheng Gao
Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas, Minzu University of China, National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing, 100081, China
Yi Chen
SKL-ESPC & SEPKL-AERM, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Tibetan Plateau, and Center for Environment and Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
Tiantian Zhang
Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas, Minzu University of China, National Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing, 100081, China
SKL-ESPC & SEPKL-AERM, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Tibetan Plateau, and Center for Environment and Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Xueli Liu, Liang Ran, Weili Lin, Xiaobin Xu, Zhiqiang Ma, Fan Dong, Di He, Liyan Zhou, Qingfeng Shi, and Yao Wang
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Yuting Zhu, Youfeng Wang, Xianliang Zhou, Yasin F. Elshorbany, Chunxiang Ye, Matthew Hayden, and Andrew J. Peters
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China has been experiencing rapid changes in emissions of air pollutants in recent decades. NOx and SO2 measurements from 2006 to 2016 at the Lin’an World Meteorological Organization Global Atmospheric Watch station were used to characterize the seasonal and diurnal variations and study the long-term trends. This study reaffirms China’s success in controlling both NOx and SO2 in the Yangtze River Delta but indicates at the same time a necessity to strengthen the NOx emission control.
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In this study, the black carbon (BC) mixing state index (χ) is developed to quantify the dispersion of ambient black carbon aerosol mixing states based on binary systems of BC and other non-black carbon components. We demonstrate that the BC light absorption enhancement increases with χ for the same MR, which indicates that χ can be employed as a factor to constrain the light absorption enhancement of ambient BC.
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Measurements in Lhasa show that new airborne particles formed on most observation days. They were more frequent during the autumn campaign than during the spring campaign and were linked to increases in particles that can help form clouds. The findings improve our understanding of how city air may affect clouds and climate in high-altitude regions.
Measurements in Lhasa show that new airborne particles formed on most observation days. They...
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