Dear Colleagues,

Air pollution ranked the fourth largest risk factor in terms of human health according to the Global Burden of Disease Study in 2019. Largest increase in risk exposure has been seen for particulate matter (PM) pollution. In addition to health implications, aerosols acting as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) or ice nuclei particles (INP) can interact with clouds thus affecting the global climate. To understand the role of aerosols in both public health and climate, we propose the Special Issue ‘Physical and Chemical Properties, Emission Characteristics and Sources of Atmospheric Aerosols’ to encourage researchers to share recent advances in such topic. This topic focuses on sources and processes of aerosols collected from traffic, urban, rural or marine atmosphere. Both natural (e.g., sea spray aerosols, mineral dust, biomass burning and biogenic aerosols, etc.) and anthropogenic (e.g., on-road vehicles, industrial, shipping, residential solid fuel burning, etc.) sources can contribute to the aerosol burden in the atmosphere. We welcome papers contributing to the characterization (e.g., chemical composition, size distribution, etc.) of source emissions from both laboratory studies and field measurements. Research on evolving/aging processes from source to receptor, physical and chemical properties and source apportionment of aerosols using online/ offline measurements are all welcome. Authors are also encouraged to include a section on the implications for future aerosols research, air quality improvement and possible abatement strategies, etc.

Topics of interest for the Special Issue include but are not limited to:

• Investigation of ambient aerosols' physical and chemical properties
• Aerosol emission flux measurements
• Physical and chemical properties of aerosol source emissions
• Aerosol source apportionment
• Method development of PM-related organic compounds analysis
• Comparison of different source apportionment methods

Dr. Jingsha Xu
Dr. Congbo Song
Dr. Qili Dai
Dr. Deepchandra Srivastava
Guest Editors

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• particulate matters
• chemical compositions
• emission characteristics
• organic tracers
• source apportionment
• air pollution health impacts

Title: Intense Desert Dust Event in the Northern Adriatic: Insights from the Numerical Model Application and Chemical Characterization Results
Authors: Boris Mifka¹, Maja Telišman Prtenjak², Ivna Kavre Piltaver^1,3, Darko Mekterović¹, Josipa Kuzmić⁴, Marijan Marcijuš⁵, Irena Ciglenečki⁶
Affiliation: ¹Department of Physics, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia; ²Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 95, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; ³University of Rijeka, Centre for Micro- and Nanosciences and Technologies, Radmile Matejčić 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia; ⁴Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Ravnice 48, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia; ⁵Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; ⁶Laboratory for Physical Oceanography and Chemistry of Aquatic Systems, Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract: In our work we combined the chemical and SEM analysis of PM10 collected at the northern Adriatic air quality station during extreme and unusual episode of mineral dust pollution in the Balkans with numerical modeling.Using this multidisciplinary approach we revealed the exceptional contribution of Saharan and Asian ( including Aral lake) dust sources to PM10 chemical composition.

Title: Insights into the pollution characteristics and source origins of carbonaceous aerosols in a heavily polluted city in North China
Authors: Huanjia Liu
Affiliation: School of Environment, Henan Normal University, China