<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MX Liu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Y* Song</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">T  Zhou</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ZY  Xu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CQ Yan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">M* Zheng</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ZJ Wu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hu M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Y.S. Wu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">T. Zhu</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fine particle pH during severe haze episodes in Northern China.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Geophys. Res. Lett.</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">44</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5213-5221</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Aerosol acidity plays an important role in atmospheric chemistry. China emits large amounts&amp;nbsp;of SO2, NOx, and NH3 into the atmosphere, but aerosol acidity is poorly characterized. In this&amp;nbsp;study, simultaneous 1-h measurements of particulate and gaseous compositions along with&amp;nbsp;the ISORROPIA-II thermodynamic equilibrium model were used to study aerosol acidity&amp;nbsp;during severe haze episodes in northern China. The summed concentration of sulfate, nitrate&amp;nbsp;and ammonium was 135 ± 51 μg/m3 with a maximum of 250 μg/m3, and the gas-phase NH&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;&amp;nbsp;mixing ratio was 22 ± 9 ppb. Fine particles were moderately acidic, with a pH range of&amp;nbsp;3.0−4.9 and an average of 4.2, which was higher than those in the United States and Europe.&lt;br&gt;Excess NH3 and high aerosol water content are responsible for the relatively lower aerosol&amp;nbsp;acidity. These results suggests that the new pathways for sulfate production in China&amp;nbsp;proposed by recent studies should be revisited.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>