Is reducing new particle formation a plausible solution to mitigate particulate air pollution in Beijing and other Chinese megacities?
Markku Kulmala, Lubna Dada, Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Chao Yan, Dominik Stolzenburg, Jenni Kontkanen, Ekaterina Ezhova, Simo Hakala, Saana Tuovinen, Tom Kokkonen, Mona Kurppa, Runlong Cai, Ying Zhou, Rujing Yin, Rima Baalbaki, Tommy Chan, Biwu Chu, Chenjuan Deng, Yueyun Fu, Maofa Ge, Hong He, Liine Heikkinen, Heikki Junninen, Yiliang Liu, Yiqun Lu, Wei Nie, Anton Rusanen, Ville Vakkari, Yonghong Wang, Gan Yang, Lei Yao, Jun Zheng, Joni Kujansuu, Juha Kangasluoma, Tuukka Petäjä, Pauli Paasonen, Leena Järvi, Douglas R. Worsnop, Aijun Ding, Yongchun Liu, Lin Wang, Jingkun Jiang, Federico Bianchi, Veli‐Matti Kerminen
Abstract
emissions. Furthermore, reduction of anthropogenic organic and inorganic precursor emissions would slow down the growth rate of newly-formed particles and consequently reduce the haze formation.