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Research on aerosol sources and chemical composition: Past, current and emerging issues

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In spite of considerable progress in recent years, a quantitative and predictive understanding of atmospheric aerosol sources, chemical composition, transformation processes and environmental effects is still rather limited, and therefore represents a major research challenge in atmospheric science as discussed by the authors.
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This article is published in Atmospheric Research.The article was published on 2013-02-01. It has received 325 citations till now.

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Influence of meteorological conditions on PM2.5 concentrations across China: A review of methodology and mechanism.

TL;DR: Suggestions on future research and major meteorological approaches for mitigating PM2.5 pollution are made and causality analysis methods are found more suitable for extracting the influence of individual meteorological factors whilst statistical models are good at quantifying the overall effect of multiple meteorological Factors on PM 2.5.
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An overview of particulate emissions from residential biomass combustion

TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive tabulation of particulate matter emission factors obtained worldwide is presented and critically evaluated, and the suitability of specific organic markers to assign the input of residential biomass combustion to the ambient carbonaceous aerosol are also discussed.
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Quantitative contributions of the major sources of heavy metals in soils to ecosystem and human health risks: A case study of Yulin, China

TL;DR: An analysis of the Geoaccumulation Index (Igeo), Contamination Index (Pi), RI, CR and HI of heavy metals identified universal ecosystem risks and both carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic health risks in most sites.
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Review of factors impacting emission/concentration of cooking generated particulate matter.

TL;DR: This study reviewed controlled studies available in the cooking PM emissions literature, and found that cooking method, type and quality of the energy source, burner size, cooking pan, cooking oil, food, additives, source surface area, cooking temperature, ventilation and position of the cooking pan on the stove are influential factors affecting cooking PM emission rates and resulting concentrations.
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Impacts of atmospheric particulate matter pollution on environmental biogeochemistry of trace metals in soil-plant system: A review

TL;DR: This systematic review summarizes the interactions of PMs-TMs in soil-plant systems including the deposition, transfer, accumulation, toxicity, and mechanisms among them and current knowledge gaps and prospective are proposed for future research agendas.
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Variations on morphology and elemental composition of mineral dust particles from local, regional, and long-range transport meteorological scenarios

TL;DR: In this article, the characterization of the individual mineral dust particles related to some chemical and morphological features during these three types of episodes, with special attention to local and regional episodes.
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Long-range transportation of anthropogenic aerosols over eastern coastal region of India: Investigation of sources and impact on regional climate change

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of long-range transport of anthropogenic aerosols in India is estimated from the measurements of aerosol optical and physical properties during 16-31 March 2006 at Kalpakkam (12.56° N and 80.12° E), a remote eastern coastal station in India.
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Atmospheric Condensation Nuclei P. J. Coulier 1875 and J. Aitken 1880 (Historical Review)

TL;DR: Coulier and Aitken as mentioned in this paper used the condensation nuclei hypothesis to explain the role of fine airborne particles in vapor condensation processes, which led to the continuing study of heterogeneous nucleation and the development of condensation counters.
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On the wet and dry deposition of ionic species in the vicinity of coal-fired power plants, northwestern Greece

TL;DR: In this article, rainwater and deposited particle samples were collected for 1 year (October 2000-October 2001), at two sites in the area of “Eordaia Basin”, northwestern Greece, where four lignite-burning power units (total capacity 4000 MW) are operated.
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Precursor ion scanning-mass spectrometry for the determination of nitro functional groups in atmospheric particulate organic matter.

TL;DR: The relevance of the method and its potentialities are demonstrated through its application to aerosols collected in the EUPHORE simulation chamber during o-xylene photooxidation experiments and in a suburban area of a French alpine valley during summer.
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