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Likun Xue is affiliated with Shandong University in China and specializes in research areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work predominantly focuses on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's research covers multiple topics including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Vehicle emissions and performance

Likun Xue has contributed extensively to scholarly publications. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Likun Xue are:

  • Persistent Heavy Winter Nitrate Pollution Driven by Increased Photochemical Oxidants in Northern China, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Ground-level ozone pollution in China: a synthesis of recent findings on influencing factors and impacts, 2022, Environmental Research Letters
  • Atmospheric oxidation capacity and ozone pollution mechanism in a coastal city of southeastern China: analysis of a typical photochemical episode by an observation-based model, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Volatile organic compounds and ozone air pollution in an oil production region in northern China, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • An unexpected large continental source of reactive bromine and chlorine with significant impact on wintertime air quality, 2020, National Science Review

The scientist's frequent coauthors include:

  • Xinfeng Wang
  • Wenxing Wang
  • Tianshu Chen
  • Tao Wang
  • Yujiao Zhu

Best Publications

  • Ozone pollution in China: A review of concentrations, meteorological influences, chemical precursors, and effects

    Tao Wang;Likun Xue;Peter Brimblecombe;Yun Fat Lam

  • Ammonia emission control in China would mitigate haze pollution and nitrogen deposition, but worsen acid rain

    Mingxu Liu;Xin Huang;Yu Song;Jie Tang

  • Ground-level ozone in four Chinese cities: Precursors, regional transport and heterogeneous processes

    L. K. Xue;L. K. Xue;Tao Wang;Tao Wang;J. Gao;A. J. Ding

  • Air quality during the 2008 Beijing Olympics: secondary pollutants and regional impact

    Tao Wang;Tao Wang;W. Nie;W. Nie;J. Gao;L. K. Xue;L. K. Xue

  • Highly time-resolved chemical characterization of atmospheric submicron particles during 2008 Beijing Olympic Games using an Aerodyne High-Resolution Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

    X.-F. Huang;L.-Y. He;M. Hu;M. R. Canagaratna

  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Database and Metrics Data of Global Surface Ozone Observations

    Martin G. Schultz;Sabine Schröder;Olga Lyapina;Owen Cooper

  • Persistent Heavy Winter Nitrate Pollution Driven by Increased Photochemical Oxidants in Northern China.

    Xiao Fu;Tao Wang;Jian Gao;Peng Wang

  • Ground-level ozone pollution in China: a synthesis of recent findings on influencing factors and impacts

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  • Oxidative capacity and radical chemistry in the polluted atmosphere of Hong Kong and Pearl River Delta region: analysis of a severe photochemical smog episode

    Likun Xue;Rongrong Gu;Tao Wang;Xinfeng Wang

  • Significant increase of summertime ozone at Mount Tai in Central EasternChina

    Lei Sun;Likun Xue;Tao Wang;Tao Wang;Jian Gao

  • Characterization of high-resolution aerosol mass spectra of primary organic aerosol emissions from Chinese cooking and biomass burning

    L.-Y. He;Y. Lin;X.-F. Huang;S. Guo

  • Atmospheric oxidation capacity and ozone pollution mechanism in a coastal city of southeastern China: analysis of a typical photochemical episode by an observation-based model

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  • Significant Concentrations of Nitryl Chloride Sustained in the Morning: Investigations of the Causes and Impacts on Ozone Production in a Polluted Region of Northern China

    Yee Jun Tham;Zhe Wang;Qinyi Li;Hui Yun

  • Semi-continuous measurement of water-soluble ions in PM2.5 in Jinan, China: Temporal variations and source apportionments

    Xiaomei Gao;Lingxiao Yang;Shuhui Cheng;Rui Gao

  • Polluted dust promotes new particle formation and growth

    Wei Nie;Aijun Ding;Tao Wang;Veli Matti Kerminen

  • Characterization of submicron aerosols at a rural site in Pearl River Delta of China using an Aerodyne High-Resolution Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

    X.-F. Huang;L.-Y. He;M. Hu;M. R. Canagaratna

  • Highly time-resolved chemical characterization of atmospheric fine particles during 2010 Shanghai World Expo

    X.-F. Huang;L.-Y. He;L. Xue;T.-L. Sun

  • Transport of north China air pollution by midlatitude cyclones: Case study of aircraft measurements in summer 2007

    Aijun Ding;Tao Wang;Likun Xue;Likun Xue;Jian Gao;Jian Gao

  • Observations of nitryl chloride and modeling its source and effect on ozone in the planetary boundary layer of southern China

    Tao Wang;Yee Jun Tham;Likun Xue;Qinyi Li

  • Enhanced sulfate formation by nitrogen dioxide: Implications from in situ observations at the SORPES station

    Yuning Xie;Aijun Ding;Wei Nie;Huiting Mao;Huiting Mao

  • Nitrous acid (HONO) in a polluted subtropical atmosphere: Seasonal variability, direct vehicle emissions and heterogeneous production at ground surface

    Zheng Xu;Zheng Xu;Tao Wang;Tao Wang;Jueqi Wu;Likun Xue

  • Increasing external effects negate local efforts to control ozone air pollution: a case study of Hong Kong and implications for other Chinese cities.

    Likun Xue;Tao Wang;Peter K. K. Louie;Connie W. Y. Luk

  • Characteristics and sources of nitrous acid in an urban atmosphere of northern China: Results from 1-yr continuous observations

    Dandan Li;Likun Xue;Liang Wen;Xinfeng Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Tao Wang
Tao Wang Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Xinfeng Wang
Xinfeng Wang Shandong University
Wenxing Wang
Wenxing Wang Shandong University
Jianmin Chen
Jianmin Chen Fudan University
Aijun Ding
Aijun Ding Nanjing University
Jian Gao
Jian Gao Shandong University
Wei Nie
Wei Nie Nanjing University
Lingxiao Yang
Lingxiao Yang Shandong University
Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Peter K.K. Louie
Peter K.K. Louie Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department

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