Year 2016

83. Long, X., Li, N., Tie, X. X., Cao, J. J., Zhao, S. Y., Huang, R. J.*, Zhao, M. D., Li, G. H., Feng, T.: Urban dust in the Guanzhong Basin of China, Part I: A regional distribution of dust sources retrieved using satellite data, Sci. Total Environ., 541, 1603-1613, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.063, 2016.

82. Wang, Q. Y., Huang, R. J.*, Cao, J. J., Tie, X. X., Shen, Z. X., Zhao, S. Y., Han, Y. M., Li. G. H., Li, Z. Q., Ni, H. Y., Zhou, Y. Q., Wang, M., Chen, Y., Su, X. L.: Contribution of regional transport to the black carbon aerosol during winter haze period in Beijing, Atmos. Environ., 132, 11-18, doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.02.031, 2016.

81. Elser, M., Huang, R. J.*, Wolf, R., Slowik, J. G., Wang, Q. Y., Canonaco, F., Li, G. H., Bozzetti, C., Daellenbach, K. R., Huang, Y., Zhang, R. J., Li, Z. Q., Cao, J. J., Baltensperger, U., El Haddad, I.*, Prevot, A. S. H.*: New insights into PM2.5 chemical composition and sources in two major cities in China during extreme haze events using aerosol mass spectrometry, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 3207-3225, doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3207-2016, 2016. (‘highly cited paper’)

80. Tie, X. X., Huang, R. J.*, Dai, W. T., Cao, J. J., Long, X., Su, X. L., Zhao, S. Y., Wang, Q. Y., Li, G. H.: Effect of heavy haze and aerosol pollution on rice and wheat productions in China, Sci. Rep., 6, doi.org/10.1038/srep29612,2016.

79. Wang, Q. Y., Huang, R. J.*, Zhao, Z. Z., Zhang, N. N., Wang, Y. C., Ni, H. Y., Tie, X. X., Han, Y. M., Zhuang, M. Z., Wang, M., Zhang, J. R., Zhang, X. M., Dusek, U., Cao, J. J.: Size distribution and mixing state of refractory black carbon aerosol from a coastal city in South China, Atmos. Res., 181, 163-171, 10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.06.022, 2016.

78. Long, X., Tie, X. X., Cao, J. J., Huang, R. J.*, Feng, T., Li, N., Zhao, S. Y., Tian, J., Li, G. H., Zhang, Q.: Impact of crop field burning and mountains on heavy haze in the North China Plain: A case study, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 9675-9691, doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9675-2016, 2016.

77. Wang, Q. Y., Huang, R. J.*, Zhao, Z. Z., Cao, J. J., Ni, H. Y., Tie, X. X., Zhao, S. Y., Su, X. L., Han, Y. M., Shen, Z. X., Wang, Y. C., Zhang, N. N., Zhou, Y. Q., Corbin, J. C.: Physicochemical characteristics of black carbon aerosol and its radiative impact in a polluted urban area of China, J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 121, 20, 12505-12519, doi:10.1002/ 2016JD024748, 2016.

76. Li, N., Long, X., Tie, X. X., Cao, J. J., Huang, R. J., Zhang, R., Feng, T., Liu, S. X., Li, G. H.: Urban dust in the Guanzhong basin of China, part II: A case study of urban dust pollution using the WRF-Dust model, Sci. Total Environ., 541, 1614-1624, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.028, 2016.

75. Ho, K. F., Ho, S. S. H., Huang, R. J., Chuang, H. C., Cao, J. J., Han, Y. M., Lui, K. H., Ning, Z., Chuang, K. J., Cheng, T. J., Lee, S. C., Hu, D., Wang, B., Zhang, R. J.: Chemical composition and bioreactivity of PM2.5 during 2013 haze events in China, Atmos. Environ., 126, 162-170, doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.11.055, 2016. 

74. Shen, Z. X., Cao, J. J., Zhang, L. M., Zhang, Q., Huang, R. J., Liu, S. X., Zhao, Z. Z., Zhu, C. S., Lei, Y. L., Xu, H. M., Zheng, C. L.: Retrieving historical ambient PM2.5 concentrations using existing visibility measurements in Xi’an, Northwest China, Atmos. Environ., 126, 15-20, doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.11.040, 2016.

73. Xu, H. M., Cao, J. J., Chow, J. C., Huang, R. J., Shen, Z. X., Chen, L. W. A., Ho, K. F., Watson, J. G.: Inter-annual variability of wintertime PM2.5 chemical composition in Xi’an, China: Evidences of changing source emissions, Sci. Total Environ., 545-546, 546-555, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.070, 2016.

72. Han, Y. M., Wei, C., Huang, R. J., Bandowe, B. A. M., Ho, S. S. H., Cao, J. J., Jin, Z. D., Xu, B. Q., Gao, S. P., Tie, X. X., An, Z. S., Wilcke, W.: Reconstruction of atmospheric soot history in inland regions from lake sediments over the past 150 years, Sci. Rep., 6, 19151, doi.org/10.1038/srep19151, 2016.

71. Daellenbach, K. R., Bozzetti, C., Krepelova, A., Canonaco, F., Wolf, R., Zotter, P., Fermo, P., Crippa, M., Slowik, J. G., Sosedova, Y., Zhang, Y., Huang, R. J., Poulain, L., Szidat, S., Baltensperger, U., Prevot, A. S. H., El Haddad, I.: Characterization and source apportionment of organic aerosol using offline aerosol mass spectrometry, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 23-39, doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-23-2016, 2016.

70. Zhu, C. S., Cao, J. J., Tsai C. J., Shen, Z. X., Liu, S. X., Huang, R. J., Zhang, N. N., Wang, P: The rural carbonaceous aerosols in coarse, fine and ultrafine particles during haze pollution in northwestern China, Environ., Sci., Pollut., Res., 23, 4569-4575, DOI 10.1007/s11356-015-5694-x, 2016.

69. Han, Y. M., Chen, L. W. A., Huang, R. J., Chow, J. C., Watson, J. G., Ni, H. Y., Liu, S. X., Fung, K. K., Shen, Z. X., Wei, C., Wang, Q. Y., Tian, J., Zhao, Z. Z., Prevot, A. S. H., Cao, J. J.: Carbonaceous aerosols in megacity Xi’an, China: Implications of thermal/optical protocols comparison, Atmos. Environ., 132, 58-68, doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.02.023, 2016.

68. Zhu, C. S., Cao, J. J. Xu, B. Q., Huang, R. J., Wang, P., Ho, K. F., Shen, Z. X., Liu, S. X., Han, Y. M., Tie, X. X., Zhao, Z. Z., Chen, L. W. A.: Black carbon aerosol at Mt. Muztagh Ata, a high altitude location in western Tibetan Plateau, Aerosol Air. Qual. Res., 16, 752-763, doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2015.04.0255, 2016.

67. Wang J. Z., Ho, S. S. H., Ma, S. X., Cao, J. J., Dai, W. T., Liu, S .X., Shen, Z. X., Huang, R. J., Wang, G. H., Han, Y. M.: Characterization of PM2.5 in Guangzhou, China: uses of organic markers for supporting source apportionment, Sci. Total Environ., 550, 961-971, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.138, 2016.

66. Feng, T., Bei, N. F., Huang, R. J., Cao, J. J., Zhang, Q., Zhou, W. J., Tie, X. X., Liu, S. X., Zhang, T., Su, X. L., Lei, W., Molina, L. T., Li, G.: Summertime ozone formation in Xi’an and surrounding areas, China, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4323-4342, doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4323-2016, 2016.

65. Huang, Y., Wang, W., Zhang, Q., Cao, J. J., Huang, R. J., Ho, W. K., Lee, S. C.: In situ Fabrication of alpha-Bi2O3/(BiO)(2)CO3 Nanoplate Heterojunctions with Tunable Optical Property and Photocatalytic Activity, Sci. Rep., 6, 23435, doi.org/10.1038/srep23435, 2016.

64. Huang, Y., Gao, Y. X., Zhang, Q., Cao, J. J., Huang, R. J., Ho, W. K., Lee, S .C.: Hierarchical porous ZnWO4microspheres synthesized by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis: Characterization, mechanistic and photocatalytic NOx removal studies,  Appl. Catal. A, 515, 170-178, 10.1016/j.apcata.2016.02.007, 2016.

63. Li, N., He, Q. Y., Tie, X. X., Cao, J. J., Liu, S. X., Wang, Q. Y., Li, G. H., Huang, R. J., Zhang, Q.: Quantifying sources of elemental carbon over the Guanzhong Basin of China: A consistent network of measurements and WRF-Chem modeling, Environ. Pollut., 214, 86-93, doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.03.046, 2016.

62. Bandowe, B. A. M., Meusel, H., Huang, R. J., Hoffmann, T., Cao, J. J., Ho, K. F.: Azaarenes in fine particulate matter from the atmosphere of a Chinese megacity, Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., 23, 16025-16036, DOI 10.1007/s11356-016-6740-z, 2016.

61. Bei, N. F., Li, G. H., Huang, R. J., Cao, J. J., Meng, N., Feng, T., Liu, S. X., Zhang, T., Zhang, Q., Molina, L. T.: Typical synoptic situations and their impacts on the wintertime air pollution in the Guanzhong basin, China, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 7373-7387, doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7373-2016, 2016.

60. Zhang, N. N., Cao, J. J., Huang, R. J., He, Y. Q., Wang, Q. Y., Zhu, C. S.: Seasonal Variation, Sources and Transport of Aerosols at Lijiang, Southeast Tibetan Plateau, Aerosol Air Qual. Res., 16, 1579-1590, doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2015.07.0470, 2016.

59. Wang, J. Z., Ho, S. S. H., Huang, R. J., Gao, M. L., Liu, S. X., Zhao, S. Y., Cao, J. J., Wang, G. H., Shen, Z. X., Han, Y. M.: Characterization of parent and oxygenated-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Xi’an, China during heating period: An investigation of spatial distribution and transformation, Chemosphere, 159, 367-377, doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.033, 2016.

58. Shen, Z. X., Sun, J., Cao, J. J., Zhang, L. M., Zhang, Q., Lei, Y. L., Gao, J. J., Huang, R. J., Liu, S. X., Huang, Y., Zhu, C. S., Xu, H. M., Zheng, C. L., Liu, P. P., Xue, Z. G.: Chemical profiles of urban fugitive dust PM2.5 samples in Northern Chinese cities, Sci. Total Environ., 569-570, 619-626, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.156, 2016.

57. Feng, T., Li, G. H., Cao, J. J., Bei, N. F., Shen, Z. X., Zhou, W. J., Liu, S. X., Zhang, T., Wang, Y. C., Huang, R. J., Tie, X. X., Molina, L. T.: Simulations of organic aerosol concentrations during springtime in the Guanzhong Basin, China, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 10045-10061, doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-10045-2016, 2016.

56. Chen, Y., Cao, J. J., Huang, R. J., Yang, F. M., Wang, Q. Y., Wang, Y. C.: Characterization and mixing state of urban single particles in Xi’an (China) during wintertime haze days, Sci. Total Environ., 573, 937-945, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.151, 2016.

55. Niu, X. Y., Cao, J. J., Shen, Z. X., Ho, S. S. H., Tie, X. X., Zhao, S. Y., Xu, H. M., Zhang, T., Huang, R. J.: PM2.5 from the Guanzhong Plain: Chemical composition and implications for emission reductions, Atmos. Environ., 147, 458-469, doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.10.029, 2016.

54. Zhang, N. N., Zhuang, M. Z., Tian, J., Tian, P. S., Zhang, J. R., Wang, Q. Y., Zhou, Y. Q., Huang, R. J., Zhu, C. S., Zhang, X. M., Cao, J. J.: Development of source profiles and their application in source apportionment of PM2.5 in Xiamen, China, Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 10(5):17, doi.org/10.1007/s11783-016-0879-1, 2016.