VOL. 17, No. 2, February 2017

AEROSOL AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH

CONTENTS

Overview of the Special Issue "PM2.5 in Asia" for 2015 Asian Aerosol Conference 351 Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, Xiang Gao, Shiro Hatakeyama, Jungho Hwang, Chuen-Jinn Tsai

- PM2.5, Atmospheric Aerosols and Urban Air Quality - A New Approach for Estimation of Fine Particulate Concentrations Using Satellite Aerosol Optical Depth and Binning of Meteorological Variables 356

Muhammad Bilal, Janet E. Nichol, Scott N. Spak

Chemical Characteristics of PM2.5 during a 2016 Winter Haze Episode in Shijiazhuang, China 368 Fei Chen, Xiaohua Zhang, Xinsheng Zhu, Hui Zhang, Jixi Gao, Philip K. Hopke

Atmospheric Dispersion of PM2.5 Precursor Gases from Two Major Thermal Power Plants in Andhra 381 Pradesh, India

Venkata Bhaskar Rao Dodla, China Satyanarayana Gubbala, Srinivas Desamsetti

Extreme Events of Reactive Ambient Air Pollutants and their Distribution Pattern at Urban Hotspots 394 Sunil Gulia, S.M. Shiva Nagendra, Mukesh Khare

Chemical Characteristics of Particulate Matter Emission from a Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Using ETC Cycle 406 Dynamometer Test

Taosheng Jin, Kaibo Lu, Shuangxi Liu, Shuai Zhao, Liang Qu, Xiaohong Xu

Trends of PM2.5 and Chemical Composition in Beijing, 2000–2015 412 Jianlei Lang, Yanyun Zhang, Ying Zhou, Shuiyuan Cheng, Dongsheng Chen, Xiurui Guo, Sha Chen, Xiaoxin Li, Xiaofan Xing, Haiyan Wang

Development of an Automated System (PPWD/PILS) for Studying PM2.5 Water-Soluble Ions and Precursor 426 Gases: Field Measurements in Two Cities, Taiwan

Ziyi Li, Yingshu Liu, Yujie Lin, Sneha Gautam, Hui-Chuan Kuo, Chuen-Jinn Tsai, Huajun Yeh, Wei Huang, Shih-Wei Li, Guo-Jei Wu

Continuous Observation of the Mass and Chemical Composition of PM2.5 using an Automatic Analyzer in 444 Kumamoto, Japan

Kentaro Misawa, Ayako Yoshino, Akinori Takami, Tomoko Kojima, Shiori Tatsuta, Yuta Taniguchi, Shiro Hatakeyama

Analysing PM2.5 and its Association with PM10 and Meteorology in the Arid Climate of Makkah, Saudi Arabia 453 Said Munir, Turki M. Habeebullah, Atef M.F. Mohammed, Essam A. Morsy, Mohammad Rehan, Kawsar Ali

Trajectory-Based Models and Remote Sensing for Biomass Burning Assessment in Bangladesh 465 Afshin Ommi, Fereshteh Emami, Naděžda Zíková, Philip K. Hopke, Bilkis A. Begum

Identification of Sources of Fine Particulate Matter in Kandy, Sri Lanka 476 Shirani Seneviratne, Lakmali Handagiripathira, Sisara Sanjeevani, Dulanjalee Madusha, Vajira Ariyaratna Ariyaratna Waduge, Thilaka Attanayake, Deepthi Bandara, Philip K. Hopke

Low Molecular Weight Monocarboxylic Acids in PM2.5 and PM10: Quantification, Seasonal Variation and 485 Source Apportionment

Nidhi Verma, Aparna Satsangi, Anita Lakhani, K. Maharaj Kumari

Characteristics of PM2.5 and Assessing Effects of Emission–Reduction Measures in the Heavy Polluted City of 499 Shijiazhuang, before, during, and after the Ceremonial Parade 2015

Gang Wang, Shuiyuan Cheng, Jianlei Lang, Xiaowen Yang, Xiaoqi Wang, Guolei Chen, Xiaoyu Liu, Hanyu Zhang

A Study of Characteristics and Origins of Haze Pollution in Zhengzhou, China, Based on Observations and 513 Hybrid Receptor Models

Si Wang, Shaocai Yu, Pengfei Li, Liqiang Wang, Khalid Mehmood, Weiping Liu, Renchang Yan, Xianjue Zheng

Chemical Fingerprint and Source Identification of Atmospheric Fine Particles Sampled at Three Environments 529 at the Tip of Southern Taiwan

Horng-Yu Yang, Yu-Lun Tseng, Hsueh-Lung Chuang, Tsung-Chang Li, Chung-Shin Yuan, James J. Lee

Impact of Air Humidity Fluctuation on the Rise of PM Mass Concentration Based on the High-Resolution 543 Monitoring Data

Liyuan Zhang, Yan Cheng, Yue Zhang, Yuanping He, Zhaolin Gu, Chuck Yu

- Air Toxics -

Size Specific Distribution Analysis of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Atmospheric Particulate Matter – 553 Development of a Sampling Method and their Concentration in Meeting Room/Ambient Atmosphere

Hui Ge, Eriko Yamazaki, Nobuyoshi Yamashita, Sachi Taniyasu, Tong Zhang, Mitsuhiko Hata, Masami Furuuchi

Characteristics, Sources, and Health Risks of Atmospheric PM2.5-Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in 563 Hsinchu, Taiwan

Tzu-Ting Yang, Chin-Yu Hsu, Yu-Cheng Chen, Li-Hao Young, Cheng-Hsiung Huang, Chun-Hung Ku

- Air Pollution and Health Effects - Comparison of Oxidative Abilities of PM2.5 Collected at Traffic and Residential Sites in Japan. Contribution 574 of Transition Metals and Primary and Secondary Aerosols

Yuji Fujitani, Akiko Furuyama, Kiyoshi Tanabe, Seishiro Hirano

Significance of PM2.5 Air Quality at the Indian Capital 588 Shovan Kumar Sahu, Sri Harsha Kota

- Indoor Air Quality - Infiltration of Ambient PM2.5 through Building Envelope in Apartment Housing Units in Korea 598

Dong Hee Choi, Dong Hwa Kang

Characteristics of Exposure to Particles due to Incense Burning inside Temples in Kanpur, India 608 Anubha Goel, Roshan Wathore, Tirthankar Chakraborty, Manish Agrawal

Source Apportionment of PM2.5 Particles: Influence of Outdoor Particles on Indoor Environment of Schools 616 Using Chemical Mass Balance

Gopinath Kalaiarasan, Raj Mohan Balakrishnan, Neethu Anitha Sethunath, Sivamoorthy Manoharan

- Control Techniques and Strategy - Capture of Ultrafine Particles Using a Film-Type Electret Filter with a Unipolar Charger 626

Nonni Soraya Sambudi, Hyun-Jin Choi, Myong-Hwa Lee, Kuk Cho

PM2.5 Emission Reduction by Technical Improvement in a Typical Coal-Fired Power Plant in China 636 Zizhen Ma, Zhen Li, Jingkun Jiang, Jianguo Deng, Yu Zhao, Shuxiao Wang, Lei Duan

- Aerosol Instrumentation - Development of a Sharp-Cut Inertial Filter Combined with an Impactor 644

Tong Zhang, Hideaki Takahashi, Mitsuhiko Hata, Akira Toriba, Takuji Ikeda, Yoshio Otani, Masami Furuuchi