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Organic Aerosols in South and East Asia: Composition and Sources

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Abstract

Atmospheric aerosol loadings are high in South and East Asia because of extensive economic development in India and China. Asian aerosols are further transported over the outflow regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Organic aerosols (OA) are composed of a complex mixture of many compounds and represent a large fraction of fine particulate matter in the atmosphere. OA can significantly impact the Earth’s climate system and cause adverse effects on human health. To illustrate the current state of knowledge of OA in South and East Asia, we describe the concentrations of carbonaceous components and their stable carbon (13C) and radiocarbon isotope ratios, molecular composition and distributions of OA including marker species, 13C isotopic compositions of dicarboxylic acids and related compounds in the South and East Asian atmosphere based on a survey of literature. We further discuss possible primary sources and secondary formation and transformation pathways of OA in South and East Asia.

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    Krishna Prasad Vadrevu

  2. National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Toshimasa Ohara

  3. Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    Chris Justice

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Pavuluri, C.M., Kawamura, K. (2018). Organic Aerosols in South and East Asia: Composition and Sources. In: Vadrevu, K., Ohara, T., Justice, C. (eds) Land-Atmospheric Research Applications in South and Southeast Asia. Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67474-2_18

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