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Overview of Persistent Haze Events in China

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Air Pollution in Eastern Asia: An Integrated Perspective

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As the world’s second largest economy, China has experienced severe haze pollution, with fine particulate matter (PM) reaching unprecedentedly high levels across many cities. In addition to the profound impacts on human health and ecosystems, fine PM interacts directly and indirectly with the Earth’s radiation budget, influencing weather and climate. An understanding of the PM formation mechanism is critical in the development of efficient mitigation policies to minimize the local, regional, and global impacts. The formation mechanisms leading to severe haze episodes with exceedingly high PM2.5 levels in China remain uncertain, and the abundance and chemical constituents of PM2.5 depend on the complex interplay between meteorology, emission sources, and atmospheric chemical processes. This paper discusses the various aspects relevant to persistent haze in China, including the fundamental chemistry and meteorological conditions. The similarity and difference in PM formation between Beijing and other world regions are illustrated. Future research needs relevant to persistent haze formation in China are discussed.

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This work was supported by the Robert A. Welch Foundation (Grant A-1417), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2013CB955800), and a collaborative research program by Texas A&M University.

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    Renyi Zhang, Pengfei Tian, Yemeng Ji, Yun Lin, Jianfei Peng, Bowen Pan, Yuan Wang, Gehui Wang, Fang Zhang, Xidan Feng, Lian Duan, Jiaxi Hu, Wilmarie Marrero-Ortiz & Jeremiah Secrest

  2. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Renyi Zhang, Jianfei Peng & Min Hu

  3. Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education, Lanzhou, China

    Pengfei Tian

  4. Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangdong, China

    Yemeng Ji

  5. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

    Yuan Wang

  6. State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, and Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, 710075, China

    Gehui Wang & Guohui Li

  7. State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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    Fang Zhang

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    Xidan Feng

  10. School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

    Lian Duan

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Zhang, R. et al. (2017). Overview of Persistent Haze Events in China. In: Bouarar, I., Wang, X., Brasseur, G. (eds) Air Pollution in Eastern Asia: An Integrated Perspective. ISSI Scientific Report Series, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59489-7_1

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