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Overview

Yongming Han is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research activities lie primarily in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Pollution.

The main topics covered in Yongming Han's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Vehicle emissions and performance, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and the COVID-19 impact on air quality.

Yongming Han has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Frequent collaborators in their research include Junji Cao, Qiyuan Wang, Jie Tian, Zhisheng An, and Huikun Liu, demonstrating ongoing partnerships in their scientific investigations.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Yongming Han are:

  • Impacts of PM2.5 sources on variations in particulate chemical compounds in ambient air of Bangkok, Thailand (2020), Atmospheric Pollution Research
  • Characterization of the light-absorbing properties, chromophore composition and sources of brown carbon aerosol in Xi'an, northwestern China (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Epochs, events and episodes: Marking the geological impact of humans (2022), Earth-Science Reviews
  • Effects of Agricultural Waste Burning on PM2.5-Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Carbonaceous Compositions, and Water-Soluble Ionic Species in the Ambient Air of Chiang-Mai, Thailand (2020), Polycyclic aromatic compounds
  • Asian inland wildfires driven by glacial-interglacial climate change (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China

    Ru Jin Huang;Yanlin Zhang;Carlo Bozzetti;Kin Fai Ho

  • Severe haze in northern China: A synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes.

    Zhisheng An;Ru-Jin Huang;Renyi Zhang;Xuexi Tie

  • Winter and Summer PM2.5 Chemical Compositions in Fourteen Chinese Cities

    Jun Ji Cao;Zhen Xing Shen;Judith C. Chow;John G. Watson

  • Evaluation of the thermal/optical reflectance method for discrimination between char- and soot-EC.

    Yongming Han;Junji Cao;Judith C. Chow;Judith C. Chow;John G. Watson;John G. Watson

  • Water-soluble ions in atmospheric aerosols measured in Xi'an, China: Seasonal variations and sources

    T. Zhang;J.J. Cao;X.X. Tie;Z.X. Shen

  • Different characteristics of char and soot in the atmosphere and their ratio as an indicator for source identification in Xi'an, China

    Y. M. Han;Y. M. Han;J. J. Cao;J. J. Cao;Shun-cheng Lee;Shun-cheng Lee;K. F. Ho;K. F. Ho

  • Black carbon relationships with emissions and meteorology in Xi'an, China

    Jun-Ji Cao;Chong-Shu Zhu;Judith C. Chow;John G. Watson

  • Stable carbon isotopes in aerosols from Chinese cities: Influence of fossil fuels

    Jun ji Cao;Jun ji Cao;Judith C. Chow;Judith C. Chow;Jun Tao;Shuncheng Lee

  • Lead concentrations in fine particulate matter after the phasing out of leaded gasoline in Xi'an, China

    H.M. Xu;J.J. Cao;J.J. Cao;K.F. Ho;H. Ding

  • Characteristics and sources of carbonaceous aerosols from Shanghai, China

    J.-J. Cao;J.-J. Cao;C.-S. Zhu;X.-X. Tie;X.-X. Tie;F.-H. Geng

  • Fossil vs. non-fossil sources of fine carbonaceous aerosols in four Chinese cities during the extreme winter haze episode of 2013

    Y.-L. Zhang;R.-J. Huang;R.-J. Huang;I. El Haddad;K.-F. Ho;K.-F. Ho

  • Aerosol particles at a high-altitude site on the Southeast Tibetan Plateau, China: Implications for pollution transport from South Asia

    Zhuzi Zhao;Junji Cao;Zhenxing Shen;Baiqing Xu

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their derivatives (alkyl-PAHs, oxygenated-PAHs, nitrated-PAHs and azaarenes) in urban road dusts from Xi'an, Central China.

    Chong Wei;Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Yongming Han;Junji Cao;Junji Cao

  • Occurrence, gas/particle partitioning and carcinogenic risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their oxygen and nitrogen containing derivatives in Xi'an, central China

    Chong Wei;Yongming Han;Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Junji Cao

  • Spatial and seasonal variations of PM2.5 mass and species during 2010 in Xi'an, China.

    Ping Wang;Jun-ji Cao;Jun-ji Cao;Zhen-xing Shen;Yong-ming Han

  • Emission characteristics of carbonaceous particles and trace gases from open burning of crop residues in China

    Haiyan Ni;Yongming Han;Junji Cao;Junji Cao;L.-W. Antony Chen;L.-W. Antony Chen;L.-W. Antony Chen

  • Carbonaceous aerosols in China: top-down constraints on primary sources and estimation of secondary contribution

    T. M. Fu;J. J. Cao;X. Y. Zhang;Shun-cheng Lee

  • Spatial distribution and seasonal variation of char-EC and soot-EC in the atmosphere over China

    Y.M. Han;Y.M. Han;S.C. Lee;J.J. Cao;J.J. Cao;K.F. Ho

  • Size-differentiated source profiles for fugitive dust in the Chinese Loess Plateau

    J.J. Cao;J.J. Cao;J.C. Chow;J.C. Chow;J.G. Watson;J.G. Watson;F. Wu

  • Particulate-associated potentially harmful elements in urban road dusts in Xi’an, China

    Yongming Han;Junji Cao;Eric S. Posmentier;Kochy Fung

  • High Contribution of Secondary Brown Carbon to Aerosol Light Absorption in the Southeastern Margin of Tibetan Plateau

    Qiyuan Wang;Qiyuan Wang;Yongming Han;Yongming Han;Jianhuai Ye;Suixin Liu;Suixin Liu

  • Mixing State of Black Carbon Aerosol in a Heavily Polluted Urban Area of China: Implications for Light Absorption Enhancement

    Qiyuan Wang;R.-J. Huang;Junji Cao;Yongming Han

Frequent Co-Authors

Junji Cao
Junji Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ru-Jin Huang
Ru-Jin Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qiyuan Wang
Qiyuan Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
John G. Watson
John G. Watson Desert Research Institute
Judith C. Chow
Judith C. Chow Desert Research Institute
Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhenxing Shen
Zhenxing Shen Xi'an Jiaotong University
Kin-Fai Ho
Kin-Fai Ho Chinese University of Hong Kong
Steven Sai Hang Ho
Steven Sai Hang Ho Desert Research Institute
Gehui Wang
Gehui Wang East China Normal University

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