Severe Haze in Northern China: a Synergy of Anthropogenic Emissions and Atmospheric Processes INAUGURAL ARTICLE
Severe haze in northern China: A synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes INAUGURAL ARTICLE Zhisheng Ana,b,c,d,e,1, Ru-Jin Huanga,b,c,d,e, Renyi Zhangf,g, Xuexi Tiea,c, Guohui Lia,b,c,h, Junji Caoa,b,c,h, Weijian Zhoua,b,d,e, Zhengguo Shia,b,h, Yongming Hana,b,c,h, Zhaolin Guh, and Yuemeng Jif,i aState Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710061, China; bCenter for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710061, China; cKey Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710061, China; dInterdisciplinary Research Center of Earth Science Frontier, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; eOpen Studio for Oceanic-Continental Climate and Environment Changes, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266061, China; fDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843; gDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843; hDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; and iGuangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China This contribution is part of the special series of Inaugural Articles by members of the National Academy of Sciences elected in 2016. Contributed by Zhisheng An, March 14, 2019 (sent for review January 4, 2019; reviewed by Qiang Fu and Jianping Huang) Regional severe haze represents an enormous environmental documented by large fractions and high abundances of secondary problem in China, influencing air quality, human health, ecosys- organic aerosol (SOA) and secondary inorganic aerosol (SIA) tem, weather, and climate.
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