10th International Aerosol Conference
September 2 - September 7, 2018
America's Center Convention Complex
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Air Quality in Megacities: from Sources to Control


A Comparison between Satellite Observations and Ground Measurements for Fine Particulate Matter in Karachi, Pakistan. Zhuldyz Darynova, MEHDI AMOUEI TORKMAHALLEH, Haider Khwaja, Chemical and Aerosol Research Team, Nazarbayev University

Aerosol Fluxes above Beijing. EIKO NEMITZ, Ben Langford, Chiara Di Marco, Neil Mullinger, Yele Sun, Jian Zhao, Pingqing Fu, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Aerosol Liquid Water Driven by Anthropogenic Inorganic Salts: Implying Its Key Role in the Haze Formation over North China Plain. ZHIJUN WU, Yu Wang, Keding Lu, Song Guo, Limin Zeng, Yuanhang Zhang, Min Hu, Peking University, China

Air Pollution in Latin American Cities. Hector Jorquera, LUPITA MONTOYA, Nestor Rojas, University of Colorado Boulder

Air Quality in the Megacity of Beijing: From Sources to Control. MIN HU, Dongjie Shang, Yao Xiao, Jing Zheng, Song Guo, Zhijun Wu, Keding Lu, Limin Zeng, Sihua Lu, Shaodong Xie, Yuanhang Zhang, Peking University, Beijing, China

Air Quality Status in India: Chemical Characterization and Source Interpretation of a Few Major Cities. RANJIT KUMAR, DEI, Dayalbagh, Agra

Airborne Fine Particulate Matter in the Subway System of the Megacity of São Paulo. ADMIR CRÉSO TARGINO, Patricia Krecl, Julián Felipe Segura, Federal University of Technology

Ambient Air Quality in Dhaka Bangladesh over Two Decades: Impacts of Policy on Air Quality. Bilkis Begum, PHILIP K. HOPKE, Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka

Ambient Particle Formation and Growth in Mexico City. LUCIA CAUDILLO, Dara Salcedo, Oscar Peralta, Telma Castro, National University of Mexico

Atmospheric New Particle Formation from Sulfuric Acid and Amines in a Chinese Megacity. Lei Yao, Olga Garmash, Federico Bianchi, Jun Zheng, Chao Yan, Jenni Kontkanen, Heikki Junninen, Stephany Mazon, Mikael Ehn, Pauli Paasonen, Mikko Sipilä, Mingyi Wang, Xinke Wang, Shan Xiao, Hangfei Chen, Yiqun Lu, Bowen Zhang, Dongfang Wang, QingYan Fu, Fuhai Geng, Li Li, Hongli Wang, Liping Qiao, LIN WANG, et al., Fudan University

Brown Carbon Aerosol in Urban Xi'an, Northwest China: The Composition and Light Absorption Properties. RUJIN HUANG, Lu Yang, Junji Cao, Institute of Earth and Envir., Chinese Academy of Sciences

Challenges of Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting in Different Mega City Environments. G. BEIG, IITM, Pune, India

Characteristics and Formation Mechanism of Nitrate during Haze Events in Beijing. QINGCHENG XU, Shuxiao Wang, Yang Hua, Jiming Hao, Tsinghua University

Characteristics of Atmospheric Ammonia and Its Relationship with Vehicle Emissions in Shanghai. Ruyu Wang, XINGNAN YE, Fudan University

Characteristics of Submicron Aerosols in Summer of Beijing: Particle Size, Density, Hygroscopicity, and Mixing State. SONG GUO, Min Hu, Dongjie Shang, Zhuofei Du, Jing Zheng, Renyi Zhang, Peking University

Comprehensively Assessing the Drivers of Future Air Quality in California. SHUPENG ZHU, Michael MacKinnon, James V. Soukup, Donald Dabdub, University of California, Irvine

Concentrations and Fluxes of Black Carbon in Beijing Using Single Particle Soot Photometry Measurements. RUTAMBHARA JOSHI, Dantong Liu, James Allan, Hugh Coe, Michael Flynn, Ben Langford, Eiko Nemitz, Neil Mullinger, Freya Squires, Adam Vaughan, James Lee, Yele Sun, Pingqing Fu, Simone Kotthaus, University of Manchester

Contributions of the N2O5 Heterogeneous Hydrolysis Reaction to the Nitrate Formation in the North China Plain (NCP) During Wintertime: A Case Study. LANG LIU, Guohui Li, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Contributions to Disease Burden from Major Sources of Air Pollution in India. Michael Brauer, Aaron Cohen, KATHERINE WALKER, Richard T. Burnett, Joseph Frostad, Qiao Ma, Randall V. Martin, Shuxiao Wang, Chandra Venkataraman, HEI GBD-MAPS Working Group, Health Effects Institute

Determination of the Emission Sources of Particulate Matter in Queretaro (Mexico). SARA ERIKA OLIVARES, Dara Salcedo, Harry Alvarez-Ospina, Carina Aguillon-Vazques, National University of Mexico

Dirty Jets: Observations of Ultrafine Particle Plumes from Landing Aircraft at Boston Logan Airport and a Data Science Approach to Identify the Culprits. Scott Hersey, Allen Downey, Caz Nichols, EBEN CROSS, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Effects of Aqueous-phase and Photochemical Chemistry on Winter Haze Formation and Evolution in Beijing, China. TAO MA, Fengkui Duan, Hiroshi Furutani, Michisato Toyoda, Takashi Kimoto, Lidan Zhu, Yongliang Ma, Kebin He, Tsinghua University

Effects of Diesel Truck Regulations on Environmental Justice in a Major Freight Corridor in California. REGAN PATTERSON, Robert Harley, University of California, Berkeley

Effects of Sugarcane Pre-Harvest Burning on Aerosol Optical Properties in the Cauca Valley, Colombia. ANGELA VARGAS, Jennifer Marin, Lady Mateus, Nestor Rojas, Rodrigo Jimenez, German Ruega, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Evaluating Effects of Stubble Burning in Punjab and Haryana on the Air Quality of Delhi and National Capital Region. RAKESH KUMAR, Sanjeev Goyal, Gulia Sunil, Hemant Bherwani, NEERI

Exploring the Chemical Composition of Gas and Aerosol Phase Measurements from FIGAERO-ToF-CIMS in Beijing Using Positive Matrix Factorisation. ARCHIT MEHRA, Manjula Canagaratna, Stephen Worrall, Asan Bacak, Thomas Bannan, Michael Priestley, James Lee, Freya Squires, James Hopkins, Rachel Dunmore, Jacqueline F. Hamilton, Eloise Slater, Lisa Whalley, Yele Sun, Pingqing Fu, James Allan, Carl Percival, John Jayne, Douglas Worsnop, Hugh Coe, University of Manchester

Exposure Profiles and Related Health Risks of Benzene Toluene and Xylene at Two Different Microenvironments of a Terai Region in North India. AMIT MASIH, St. Andrew's College, Gorakhpur, India

Fine Particles Sources in São Paulo: Evolution of Sources Identification for the Last 30 Years. MARIA DE FATIMA ANDRADE, Regina Maura Miranda, Luis Mendes Santos, Yann Marien, University of Sao Paulo

First Measurements from Smear Beijing Station: New Particle Formation in Urban Beijing and Source Apportionment of Atmospheric Pollutants. CHAO YAN, Juha Kangasluoma, Federico Bianchi, Tommy Chan, Biwu Chu, Lubna Dada, Kaspar Rudolf Dällenbach, Yueyun Fu, Xucheng He, Liine Heikkinen, Heikki Junninen, Yiliang Liu, Yiqun Lu, Qingxin Ma, Pekka Rantala, Yonghong Wang, Gan Yang, Rujin Yin, Ying Zhou, Joni Kujansuu, Tuukka Petäjä, Yongchun Liu, Lin Wang, Jingkun Jiang, Markku Kulmala, University of Helsinki/BUCT

Formation and Characteristics of Secondary Aerosols in an Industrialized Environment during Cold Seasons. Yangzhou Wu, XINLEI GE, Junfeng Wang, Mindong Chen, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

Gaseous Nitrated Phenols as a Potential Source of OH Radicals in Beijing. XI CHENG, Qi Chen, Ying Liu, Tong Zhu, Peking University

Gradients in Concentration and Composition of Sub-Micron PM in a Coastal American City: Downtown Street Canyon Dominates a Large Area Emission Source in Port of Oakland CA. RISHABH SHAH, Ellis Shipley Robinson, Peishi Gu, Joshua Apte, Albert Presto, Carnegie Mellon University

How Much Emission Reduction is Needed to Meet Ambient PM2.5 Standards in the Cities of Sichuan Basin?. XUE QIAO, Wenye Deng, Hao Guo, Ya Tang, Jianlin Hu, Qi Ying, Hongliang Zhang, Sichuan University; Louisiana State University

Implementation Effect and Countermeasures of the "Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan". WENKANG GAO, Guiqian Tang, Mengtian Cheng, Dongsheng Ji, Zirui Liu, Tao Song, Liang Li, Junke Zhang, Yuesi Wang, Inst. of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Improved Air Pollution Control Incentive Measures and Regulations in the South Coast Air Basin with an Holistic Energy and Emissions Model. SCOTT A. EPSTEIN, Marc Carreras-Sospedra, Xinqiu Zhang, Sang-Mi Lee, South Coast Air Quality Management District

Individual Exposure of PM2.5 and Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Nanchong Traffic Police. GUO JIALING, Li Youping, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan

Influence of Diwali Fireworks on Air Quality and Aerosol Optical Properties over a Mega City Delhi. SATEESH M., Vijay Kumar Soni, Raju P.V.S., India Meteorological Department

Insights into PM2.5 Chemical Composition and Sources in Beijing Using an Extractive Electrospray Ionisation Long-Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (EESI-LTOF). YANDONG TONG, Veronika Pospisilova, Lu Qi, Giulia Stefenelli, Varun Kumar, Urs Baltensperger, Junji Cao, Rujin Huang, Andre S.H. Prévôt, Jay G. Slowik, Paul Scherrer Institute

Investigating the PM2.5 and PM10 Concentrations over the Atmosphere of Iran and Its Major Cities Using Satellite Observations. Zhuldyz Darynova, Hamed Sharifi, Soudabeh Gorjinezhad, MEHDI AMOUEI TORKMAHALLEH, Chemical and Aerosol Research Team, Nazarbayev University

Investigation of Organic Aerosol in Delhi, India, using an Extractive Electrospray Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (EESI-LTOF). Varun Kumar, Deepika Bhattu, Yandong Tong, Veronika Pospisilova, Giulia Stefenelli, Amelie Bertrand, Roberto Cassotto, Rangu Venkata Satish, Pawan Vats, Urs Baltensperger, Dilip Ganguly, Neeraj Rastogi, S.N. Tripathi, Andre S.H. Prévôt, JAY G. SLOWIK, Paul Scherrer Institute

New Insights into Sources of Organic Aerosol in PM2.5 in a Polluted Urban Environment. YAN ZHENG, Qi Chen, Yaowei Li, Xi Cheng, Ying Liu, Tong Zhu, John Jayne, Douglas Worsnop, Peking University

On Particle-Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PPAH) and Links to Gaseous Emissions in Mexico City. LUIS ANTONIO LADINO, Graciela Raga, Darrel Baumgardner, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

Particle Concentration and Particle Size Distribution in an Urban and an Agricultural Sites in Colombia. LADY MATEUS, Angela Vargas, Jennifer Marin, Nestor Rojas, German Ruega, Rodrigo Jimenez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

PM1 Chemical Characterization in 2015, South of Mexico City, with an Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor. DARA SALCEDO, Harry Alvarez-Ospina, Oscar Peralta, Telma Castro, National University of Mexico

Quantification of the Rapid Photochemical Secondary Organic Aerosol Production Observed across Megacities around the World. BENJAMIN A. NAULT, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Douglas Day, Jason Schroder, Donald Blake, Manjula Canagaratna, Joost de Gouw, Jessica Gilman, Tom Hanisco, Greg Huey, B. Thomas Jobson, Bill Kuster, Barry Lefer, Jin Liao, Ilana Pollack, Jeff Peischl, James Roberts, Thomas Ryerson, Alan Fried, Bernhard Rappenglueck, Jochen Stutz, Petter Weibring, Frank Flocke, Jose-Luis Jimenez, et al., University of Colorado-Boulder

Quantifying Feedbacks between Pollution, Radiation and Boundary Layer Dynamics in Beijing. JESSICA SLATER, Gordon McFiggans, Hugh Coe, Sami Romakkaniemi, Juha Tonttila, Paul Connolly, David Topping, Pingqing Fu, Yele Sun, Simone Kotthaus, Zhijun Wu, University of Manchester

Regional Air Pollution Transport and Its Influence to Pollution Hot Spot in the Czech Republic. Jana Kozáková, Petr Vodička, Petra Pokorná, Lucie Ondráčková, Jakub Ondrácek, Jan Hovorka, Kamil Křůmal, Pavel Mikuška, Pavel Moravec, JAROSLAV SCHWARZ, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the CAS, v.v.i

Relative Importance of Emissions from Ships, Locomotives, and Freeways in the Communities near Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and Their Impact on the Air Quality of Los Angeles Basin. AMIRHOSEIN MOUSAVI, Mohammad Sowlat, Sina Hasheminassab, Olga Pikelnaya, Andrea Polidori, George Ban-Weiss, Constantinos Sioutas, University of Southern California

Seasonality of Air Pollution in Bogota: From Regional Biomass Burning Transport to Local Sources. RICARDO MORALES BETANCOURT, Luis Carlos Belalcazar, Juan Felipe Mendez, Maria Paula Perez-Peña, Yadert Contreras Barbosa, Juan Pablo Ayala, Universidad de los Andes

Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Urban Sources: Current Understanding and New Results from WINTER in the NE US. JOSE-LUIS JIMENEZ, Jason Schroder, Patrick Hayes, Joost de Gouw, Viral Shah, Lyatt Jaegle, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Douglas Day, Benjamin A. Nault, University of Colorado-Boulder

Secondary Organic Aerosol Production over Seoul, South Korea, during KORUS-AQ. BENJAMIN A. NAULT, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Douglas Day, Jason Schroder, Bruce Anderson, Andreas Beyersdorf, Donald Blake, William Brune, John Crounse, Ronald Cohen, Joost de Gouw, Jack Dibb, Josh DiGangi, Glenn Diskin, Alan Fried, Greg Huey, Christoph Knote, Kara D. Lamb, Taehyoung Lee, Sally Pusede, Joshua P. Schwarz, Paul Wennberg, Armin Wisthaler, Jose-Luis Jimenez, et al., University of Colorado-Boulder

Source Apportionment of Absorbing Aerosols (Soot Particles) in Delhi, India during a Highly Polluted Period (Wintertime). SURESH TIWARI, Rajan K. Chakrabarty, Umesh C. Dumka, Atul K. Srivastava, Deewan S. Bisht, Philip K. Hopke, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Sources and Impacts of Megacities Emissions from Local to Global Scales: Challenges and Opportunities for Mitigation. LUISA MOLINA, Molina Center for Energy and Environment

Study of Influence of Rain on Ambient PM in Indian Cities. SWETHA PENDYALA, Sreekanth Bojjagani, Rakesh Kumar, Virendra Sethi, IIT Bombay

Study of the PM2.5 Growth Processes in Two Key Regions of China. Jinjin Sun, Mingjie Liang, JIANLIN HU, Qi Ying, Hongliang Zhang, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology

Submicron Aerosol Composition in the World’s Most Polluted Megacity: The Delhi Aerosol Supersite Campaign. SHAHZAD GANI, Sahil Bhandari, Sarah Seraj, Dongyu S. Wang, Kanan Patel, Prashant Soni, Zainab Arub, Gazala Habib, Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz, Joshua Apte, University of Texas at Austin

Taking Ambient Air Monitoring to the Next Level - Multiple Applications with the Fidas® Technology for Fine and Ultrafine Particles Measurements. FREDERIK WEIS, Stefan Hogekamp, Leander Mölter, Maximilian Weiss, Palas GmbH

The Impact of Mixing State and Size-resolved Hygroscopicity of Urban Aerosols on CCN Activity in Seoul, Korea. NAJIN KIM, Minsu Park, Seong Soo Yum, Hye Jung Shin, Jong Sung Park, Joon Young Ahn, Yonsei University

The Influence of Gaseous Pollutants and Particulate Matter Concentration on New Particle Formation in Beijing. RUJING YIN, Yiqun Lu, Chao Yan, Juha Kangasluoma, Tommy Chan, Biwu Chu, Chenjuan Deng, Yueyun Fu, Xucheng He, Yiliang Liu, Xiaohui Qiao, Pekka Rantala, Yonghong Wang, Mo Xue, Gan Yang, Ying Zhou, Joni Kujansuu, Tuukka Petäjä, Yongchun Liu, Lin Wang, Jingkun Jiang, Markku Kulmala, Tsinghua University

Variations of PM2.5 Chemical Components and Its Source Apportionment during Winter Season from 2013 to 2017 in Beijing of China. HEZHONG TIAN, Panyang Shao, Huanjia Liu, Bobo Wu, Weizhao Liang, Shuhan Liu, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University